What is "~" called.

[FlyLice]

I always call it an "enya" sign, but there must be a word for it.

' = Apostraphe
~ = ?!?

EDIT:

~ = Tilde

A manager from one of our international offices (Hong Kong) thought it was called "Tail" because it looks like a tail rofl.

 

[Kaervak]

Tilde

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Tilde?

 

[Nikamichi]

Originally posted by: Kaervak
Tilde

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: Nikamichi

Originally posted by: Kaervak
Tilde

Indeed.

 

[FlyLice]

Thanks!

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: Nikamichi

Originally posted by: Kaervak
Tilde

Indeed.

 

[RossMAN]

tilde

but the technical term is squiggly line

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: Nikamichi

Originally posted by: Kaervak
Tilde

Indeed.

:thumbsup:

 

[FoBoT]

something is borken is no put my stuff in

 

[piroroadkill]

" is not apostrophe, ' is apostrophe.

" is inverted commas.

and yes, ~ is tilde.

 

[Wallydraigle]

squiggle

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
tilde

but the technical term is squiggly line

i thought the technical term was "console down"

about tilde: its odd because normally, tidle refers to a mark above a letter, as in spanish and portuguese. more recently it became accepted in mathematics in order to help distinguish between different variables of similar types (or so im told. im more of a word buff than a number twiddler)
im not so sure when it became something that hangs out alone by itself but would be interested in anyone who did know. i seem to remember seeing it used a lot in high school science as part of a "approximation" symbol much like over the bottom half of an equal sign. i could be remembering that wrong.
perhaps there is a different word for the stand-alone tilde that we have here: ~

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: piroroadkill
" is not apostrophe, ' is apostrophe.

" is inverted commas.

and yes, ~ is tilde.

Inverted commas???

I call them quotation marks.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Open Console

...I mean tilde.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Open Console

...I mean tilde.

:thumbsup:

 

[bleuiko]

Originally posted by: PatboyX

Originally posted by: RossMAN
tilde

but the technical term is squiggly line

i thought the technical term was "console down"

:thumbsup:

 

[piroroadkill]

Originally posted by: Wingznut

Originally posted by: piroroadkill
" is not apostrophe, ' is apostrophe.

" is inverted commas.

and yes, ~ is tilde.

Inverted commas???

I call them quotation marks.

Yeah, some people call them different stuff, at school I used to get taught "speech marks" then I kind of got used to the term inverted commas, as wrong as it may be.

But we can both agree that " is certainly not apostrophe.

 

[FlyLice]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Open Console

...I mean tilde.

rofl CS moment

 

[RossMAN]

What is this "console down"?

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Open Console

...I mean tilde.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
What is this "console down"?

The ~ key is the one that many games (Quake series, Unreal series, many more) use to open the console in which you can type commands/change settings other than what exists in menus, usually.

Edit: Will I get banned if I call you a n00b?

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
tilde

but the technical term is squiggly line

 

[Cobalt]

In math it means similar but what your asking for is tilde.

 

[dighn]

what's the symbol below ~ called? serious question

ANSWERED IGNORE PLEASE (` = "accent grave" or so i was told)