! bang " double quote # pound or she (if followed by bang) $ dollar % percent (usually sans-sign) & ampersand (or "bitwise-and" (a & SOME_FLAG), or "address of" (&foo), or "and" (&&)) ' Depends on context, it's an apostrophe here, but 'single quotes' here. () open/close parens [] open/close brackets {} open/close braces <> left/right (angle) brackets * star (asterisk is just too many syllables; also "pointer" when in c) + plus [sign] , comma - dash . dot (unless used to end a sentence, then it's a full stop, but not to be confused with 。) / slash \ backslash (sometimes also "escape" in strings, but not to be confused with the \033 character) : colon ; semicolon = equals ? question mark @ at sign ^ caret, unless over a character, in which case it is a circumflex (but also possibly "to the power" (in mathematics) or "xor" (in C)) _ underscore ("underline" is a formatting specification) ` backtick (unless over a character, then it is a grave, pronounced like the hole in the ground; unless you're British in which case "grahv" works, too) | pipe (or "bitwise-or" (FOO | BAR), or "or" (||)) ~ tilde