Special Characters
In an attempt to clarify the cryptic passwords generated by Western we have provided a list of all special characters and their respective names. Please note that not all keyboards have the same layout. Most keyboards should have these symbols, they may just be in different places on the keyboard.
| Character Symbol | Character Name | Alternate Names |
| { } | Braces | Curly Brackets |
| [ ] | Brackets | Square Brackets |
| : | Colon | |
| ; | Semicolon | |
| ' | Apostrophe | |
| " " | Quotation Marks | Quotes |
| , | Comma | |
| . | Period | Dot |
| ? | Question Mark | |
| / | Forward Slash | Virgule, Divide |
| \ | Back Slash | |
| | | Pipe | |
| = | Equal Sign | |
| + | Plus Sign | Add |
| _ | Underscore | |
| - | Hyphen | Minus, Subtract, Dash |
| ( ) | Parentheses | Round Brackets |
| * | Asterisk | Multiply, Star |
| & | Ampersand | And |
| ^ | Caret | Circumflex |
| % | Percent | |
| $ | Dollar Sign | |
| # | Pound | Number Sign |
| @ | 'at' | |
| ! | Exclamation Mark | |
| ` | Grave | Grave Accent |
| ~ | Tilde | Squiggly |
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