The Computer Science Phonetic Alphabet and Symbol Names, v1.0

Here is a Phonetic Alphabet using terms from Computer Science. Print it out, tape it to the side of your monitor, and use it.

Letter Code word
A ASCII
B Byte
C Code
D Dongle
E Email
F Foobar
G Goto
H Hex
I Icon
J Jump
K Kill
L LAN
M Make
N Null
O Object
P Port
Q Query
R RAM
S Source
T Type
U UNIX
V Virtual
W WAN
X Xterm
Y YACC
Z Zip

Here is how to pronounce basic ASCII symbols so that we all understand each other.

Symbol Code word(s)
$ Dollar
% Percent
& Ampersand
* Star
+ Plus
- Dash or Minus
. Dot
/ Slash
\ Backslash
= Equal
? Question mark
@ At
^ Caret
` Backtick
| Pipe
~ Tilde
# Hash
! Bang
#! Shebang
( ) Paren - left/right or open/close
{ } Brace - left/right or open/close
[ ] Bracket - left/right or open/close
< > Angle bracket - left/right or open/close
< > Less than / Greater than
Space
" Double quote
' Single quote
, Comma
: Colon
; Semicolon
_ Underbar