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Punctuation mark - 3
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Pipe/Backslash Key | This is the Pipe/Backslash Key. Backslash is the character produced when you press the key alone. Pipe is the character produced when you press the Shift Key in combination with the Pipe/Backslash Key. The Backslash is used when typing in DOS path names as in A:\SETUP.EXE or C:\WINDOWS\SYSEDIT.EXE. A path pronounced as A Colon Backslash Setup Backslash Install Dot E-X-E would be typed as A:\SETUP\INSTALL.EXE |
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Question Mark/Slash or Question Mark/Forward Slash Key | Slash or Forward Slash is the character produced when you press the key alone. Question Mark is the character produced when you press the Shift Key in combination with the Question Mark/Slash. The Slash is used when typing in web address or when separating two words such as Question Mark/Slash. A web page pronounced as H-T-T-P Colon Slash Slash W-W-W Dot B-M-I-C Dot Net Slash Search Dot H-T-M-L would be typed as http://www.bmic.net/search.html |
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Tilde/Left Single Quote | Left Single Quote is the character produced when you press the key alone. Tilde (pronounced Till-Dah) is the character produced when you press the Shift Key in combination with the Tilde/Left Single Quote key. Tilde is used most often in web page addresses. A web page pronounced as H-T-T-P Colon Slash Slash W-W-W Dot B-M-I-C Dot Net Slash Tilde C-A-T Slash S-W would be typed as http://www.bmic.net/~cat/sw |
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At/Two Key | The number two is the character produced when you press the key alone. The at symbol ) is the character produced when you press the Shift Key in combination with the At/Two Key. At is most often found in email addresses. An email address pronounced Cat At B-M-I-C Dot Net would be typed as cat@bmic.net |
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Colon/Semi-Colon Key | The Semi-Colon is the character produced when you press the key alone. The Colon is the character produced when you press the Shift Key in combination with the Colon/Semi-Colon Key. The Colon is used in both DOS path names and in web addresses. A web page pronounced as H-T-T-P Colon Slash Slash W-W-W Dot B-M-I-C Dot Net would be typed as http://www.bmic.net A path pronounced as A Colon Backslash Setup Dot E-X-E would be typed as A:\SETUP.EXE |
