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 |
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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 |
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Space |
" |
Double quote |
' |
Single quote |
, |
Comma |
: |
Colon |
; |
Semicolon |
_ |
Underbar |
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