This keyboard button ~

[Sri]

is not decor but rather stands for not aka negative or no. Am I right or am I right? does anyone know, this is driving me mad. Please tell me it means contrary. Computer peeps anywhere?

 

[MrJim]

It's a tilde~

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~

 

[HeelyJoe]

The most common use I've seen is to indicate an approximate date or number.

 

[MrJim]

I like using it instead of a dash~just looks nicer

 

[cyberlizard]

it is indeed a tilde, and as far as i know serves no practical use... except in mathematics


you could try this link

Steve

 

[bsd13]

In a Google search it means "near". Example ("rotten pineapples" ~dole) will search for the phrase "rotten pineapples" near the word "dole". Aside from that I've always used it to mean "approximately", or "close to" Eg: ~100 means approximately 100.

 

[TwistTim]

Having taking Unix and Programming Classes, I've seen several of those uses, also the Near Usage and the Approximate Usage....

as far as standing for Not or No that is the Job of Bang or the ! character that in programing short hand means "When this condition is not true, then this is what will happen" ie, != means Not Equal to.....

 

[Sketcher]

Well, you use it followed by a 1 for long file names in DOS - for example reallylongfilename.doc would be reallyl~1.doc.

 

[matthewfredrox]

Well, you use it followed by a 1 for long file names in DOS - for example reallylongfilename.doc would be reallyl~1.doc.

Pinch mine will you

 

[onemessiah]

Pinch mine will you

 

[GodSpread]

if you play games like counterstrike ~ serves as developer console to edit the game setting and to input server command. Very useful in Counterstrike, cant live without it=P

 

[TheReasoner]

In Spanish it is used like this:
ñ
(~ + n)