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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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