What is the name of the key below Esc

On that key on my MS Wireless KB, I have the tild (~) and and backwards
apostrophe (`).

Different keyboards might show different layouts slightly.

The "pipe" (|) on my KB is next to the square bracket/brace (], }) above
"Enter" key.


"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
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Michelle wrote:
There is a key to the left of the numbers, below esc and abive tab,
it has a kind of 'hook' a 'pipe' with a gap in the middle and a
'grave' accent.
Does anyone know what it's called?

I have heard it called pipe, but when we did batch programming,
pipe was always the vertical line above the windows key and to the
right of shift. If that's pipe, what's the one below esc?

What language is your keyboard?
Below my ESC key is '~' and '`'... (tilde and
I guess the number 1 and '!' (exclamation mark) could be what you are
talking about?

Turn on your on-screen keyboard - because I do not know what language/type
of keyboard you are using from your description.

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I'd call it a "backwards" apostrophe or quote mark....?

"Kenny" wrote in message
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It's called backtick, found out that he
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboar...UK_and_Ireland

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"Kenny" wrote in message
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I'm using a UK keyboard and tilde is the Shift+ function of the hash key
just left of the Enter key. The key below Esc is as Michelle describes
but I don't know what it's called.

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"Troy McClure" wrote in message
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without pressing shift its an accent character, with shift its a tilde



"Michelle" wrote in message
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There is a key to the left of the numbers, below esc and abive tab, it
has a kind of 'hook' a 'pipe' with a gap in the middle and a 'grave'
accent.

Does anyone know what it's called?

I have heard it called pipe, but when we did batch programming, pipe
was always the vertical line above the windows key and to the right of
shift. If that's pipe, what's the one below esc?

Many thanks

Those are NOT and PIPE, respectively

Michelle wrote:
Sorry! I am using the UK keyboard layout, and the key has ` ¬ and ¦ on it.


"Michelle" wrote in message
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There is a key to the left of the numbers, below esc and abive tab, it has
a kind of 'hook' a 'pipe' with a gap in the middle and a 'grave' accent.

Does anyone know what it's called?

I have heard it called pipe, but when we did batch programming, pipe was
always the vertical line above the windows key and to the right of shift.
If that's pipe, what's the one below esc?

Many thanks

I'd call it a "backwards" apostrophe or quote mark....?

Then you'd be wrong. ````` is a grave accent or backtick, but I call it
Ralph.

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Andrew Murray hunted and pecked:
I'd call it a "backwards" apostrophe or quote mark....?

"Kenny" wrote in message
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It's called backtick, found out that he
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboar...UK_and_Ireland

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Kenny Cargill
"Kenny" wrote in message
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I'm using a UK keyboard and tilde is the Shift+ function of the hash key
just left of the Enter key. The key below Esc is as Michelle describes
but I don't know what it's called.

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Kenny Cargill
"Troy McClure" wrote in message
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without pressing shift its an accent character, with shift its a tilde



"Michelle" wrote in message
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There is a key to the left of the numbers, below esc and abive tab, it
has a kind of 'hook' a 'pipe' with a gap in the middle and a 'grave'
accent.

Does anyone know what it's called?

I have heard it called pipe, but when we did batch programming, pipe
was always the vertical line above the windows key and to the right of
shift. If that's pipe, what's the one below esc?

Many thanks

Wesley Vogel wrote:

I'd call it a "backwards" apostrophe or quote mark....?

Then you'd be wrong. ````` is a grave accent or backtick, but I call
it Ralph.


LOL! No, it's *five* grave accents. You should call it
Ralph-Ralph-Ralph-Ralph-Ralph.

Sounds like a dog barking.

Ken

it is a til·de /'t?ld?/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[til-duh] Pronunciation
Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
-noun 1. a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound
or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
2. swung dash.
3. Mathematics. a symbol (?) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
4. Logic. a similar symbol indicating negation.



"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
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Wesley Vogel wrote:

I'd call it a "backwards" apostrophe or quote mark....?

Then you'd be wrong. ````` is a grave accent or backtick, but I call
it Ralph.


LOL! No, it's *five* grave accents. You should call it
Ralph-Ralph-Ralph-Ralph-Ralph.

Sounds like a dog barking.

Ken

Sounds like a dog barking.

LOL. That it does, Ken.

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Ken Blake, MVP hunted and pecked:
Wesley Vogel wrote:

I'd call it a "backwards" apostrophe or quote mark....?

Then you'd be wrong. ````` is a grave accent or backtick, but I call
it Ralph.


LOL! No, it's *five* grave accents. You should call it
Ralph-Ralph-Ralph-Ralph-Ralph.

Sounds like a dog barking.

Ken

These ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ are tildes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

These ``````````````````` are grave accents ``````````````````````````

And these ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ are NOT signs ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬

On British keyboards, it's called the NOT sign ¬. Alt + 0172 = ¬. That key
also has the grave accent and the pipe.

See my original post in this thread, click the link, your using Outlook
Express...


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Richard in AZ hunted and pecked:
it is a til·de /'t?ld?/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled
Pronunciation[til-duh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
-noun 1. a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to
indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to
indicate nasalization.
2. swung dash.
3. Mathematics. a symbol (?) indicating equivalency or similarity
between two values.
4. Logic. a similar symbol indicating negation.



"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
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Wesley Vogel wrote:

I'd call it a "backwards" apostrophe or quote mark....?

Then you'd be wrong. ````` is a grave accent or backtick, but I call
it Ralph.


LOL! No, it's *five* grave accents. You should call it
Ralph-Ralph-Ralph-Ralph-Ralph.

Sounds like a dog barking.

Ken

"Brownz (Mobile)" wrote in message
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Michelle wrote:
There is a key to the left of the numbers, below esc and abive tab,
it has a kind of 'hook' a 'pipe' with a gap in the middle and a
'grave' accent.
Does anyone know what it's called?

I have heard it called pipe, but when we did batch programming, pipe
was always the vertical line above the windows key and to the right
of shift. If that's pipe, what's the one below esc?

Many thanks

Heh, you numpty, totally dependent on language/region/keyboard type
(notebook vs compact vs fullsize).

BTW - The key you refer to *is* the pipe key .... I bet you can't find
another on your keyboard can you ??

The pipe key is found on my keyboard on the same key as the backslash and
it's on the right side below the backspace key.

Tilde (tilduh)

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"Pete Stavrakoglou" wrote in message ...
"Brownz (Mobile)" wrote in message
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Michelle wrote:
There is a key to the left of the numbers, below esc and abive tab,
it has a kind of 'hook' a 'pipe' with a gap in the middle and a
'grave' accent.
Does anyone know what it's called?

I have heard it called pipe, but when we did batch programming, pipe
was always the vertical line above the windows key and to the right
of shift. If that's pipe, what's the one below esc?

Many thanks

Heh, you numpty, totally dependent on language/region/keyboard type
(notebook vs compact vs fullsize).

BTW - The key you refer to *is* the pipe key .... I bet you can't find
another on your keyboard can you ??

The pipe key is found on my keyboard on the same key as the backslash and
it's on the right side below the backspace key.

As long as we're asking about keys, what's the key between the
right-hand Windows and Ctrl keys? It looks like a little calculator with
an arrow pointing to the answer.

EM wrote:
Tilde (tilduh)

A Little Bit of Everything..
http://www.whaatsoever.com

"Pete Stavrakoglou"
wrote in message ...
"Brownz (Mobile)"
wrote in message
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Michelle wrote:
There is a key to the left of the numbers, below esc and abive tab,
it has a kind of 'hook' a 'pipe' with a gap in the middle and a
'grave' accent.
Does anyone know what it's called?

I have heard it called pipe, but when we did batch programming, pipe
was always the vertical line above the windows key and to the right
of shift. If that's pipe, what's the one below esc?

Many thanks

Heh, you numpty, totally dependent on language/region/keyboard type
(notebook vs compact vs fullsize).

BTW - The key you refer to *is* the pipe key .... I bet you can't find
another on your keyboard can you ??

The pipe key is found on my keyboard on the same key as the backslash
and
it's on the right side below the backspace key.

Dan Drewry wrote:
As long as we're asking about keys, what's the key between the
right-hand Windows and Ctrl keys? It looks like a little calculator
with an arrow pointing to the answer.

it's like pressing the right-mouse button on whatever object you have
selected...

What the picture actually is:

drop-down menu, mouse pointer and the highlighted selection of the drop-down
menu..
All produced if you right-click most things in Windows...

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It opens the context menu of the selected item.


Dan Drewry wrote:
As long as we're asking about keys, what's the key between the
right-hand Windows and Ctrl keys? It looks like a little calculator
with an arrow pointing to the answer.

"Pete Stavrakoglou" wrote in message
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"Brownz (Mobile)" wrote in message
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Michelle wrote:
There is a key to the left of the numbers, below esc and abive tab,
it has a kind of 'hook' a 'pipe' with a gap in the middle and a
'grave' accent.
Does anyone know what it's called?

I have heard it called pipe, but when we did batch programming, pipe
was always the vertical line above the windows key and to the right
of shift. If that's pipe, what's the one below esc?

Many thanks

Heh, you numpty, totally dependent on language/region/keyboard type
(notebook vs compact vs fullsize).

BTW - The key you refer to *is* the pipe key .... I bet you can't find
another on your keyboard can you ??

The pipe key is found on my keyboard on the same key as the backslash and
it's on the right side below the backspace key.

And on my UK k/b it's where the OP said, though still with the backslash.
OK, it appears on my screen as a solid vertical ( | ) in Windows, but a DOS
command line shows and interprets it as 'pipe' ( ¦ ). The "other" pipe
symbol doesn't work for me in DOS

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout for some variations around
the world.

"Open quotes" key ( ` ) would be a logical name except that there's no
"Close quotes" partner, shifting giving a logic NOT (the kind of "hook" (
¬ )).