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What is the vertical bar (shift of the backslash) on the keyboard used for?
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What character is the backslash?
The backslash character "" is typically used as an escape character in programming languages to indicate that the character following it has a special meaning. It is also used to separate directory levels in file paths on Windows operating systems.
How do you make the symbol that looks like an uppercase i or lowercase L and is commonly used in linking things on wikis?
The vertical bar, known also as pipe can be inserted at most text areas by: * Pressing Shift + Backslash. (Not at all keyboards.) * Pressing Alt+124.
How do you make an absolute value symbol on a keyboard?
I -9 I Capital i's Some fonts allow the "pipe" symbol to be used, as in: | -9 | = 9 (other fonts will have a break in the middle of the pipe symbol) which on the UK layout is on shift \ (next to left shift) or ALT-GR ` or shift-ALT-GR ¬ (top left of keyboard)
In Window's which character is used as a path separator?
/ forward slash ^First answer is wrong. It's the backslash (\)
What is the function of the shift button?
The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate "upper" characters. It is also used to access the special characters on the number keys and other double character keys on the keyboard!
What is a backslash?
This is a back slash: \. It is usually above the enter key.
Where is the shift key on the keyboard?
The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate upper characters. There are typically two shift keys, on the left and right sides of the row below the home row.
What key on the keyboard is used to select adjacent icons?
Depending on the context, you'd use the tab key or arrow keys.
What is the symbol above the backslash on a Dell keyboard called?
F11 on certain models, if different, specify keyboard model. On a US Dell keyboard, the key above the Enter key is for the backslash (\) and the pipe (|). ----- More properly, "|" is a "vertical bar" or sometimes a "vertical slash", just a "bar" [with context or local usage to distinguish between other (e.g., horizontal bar, top bar, double bars) uses], or even a "stick". "Pipe" is a term borrowed from computing because it is the symbol used in, for example, most UNIX shell scripts (programs) to indicate that two processes are linked (or chained) together and the output (standard out, optional standard error) from the left side is fed (or transferred) (i.e., "piped") to the process on the right side as input (standard in). Some later DOS and MS Windows batch or command utilities adopted this usage. "|" is used as a symbol in other computer languages, symbolic logic, mathematics, etc., so you may hear other names derived from what the symbol represents.
When typing a title which shift should you use?
Both Shift can be used when you're typing.There's No different.When you'r typing a character in left part of your keyboard, you may use the Shift near your right hand.
What keyboard shortcut combination can be used to copy and paste a block of text?
type your word then hold shift and press the left arrow button
Which key is used to type capital letters when the Caps Lock key is off?
Either of the two shift keys on the keyboard.
