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Special characters are characters that are not found on a standard keyboard, such as punctuation marks, mathematical symbols, and other non-alphanumeric characters. They are often used in programming and markup languages, as well as in text formatting and document design. Examples of special characters include the ampersand (&), the at sign (@), and the pound sign (#). Some special characters have specific meanings or use in different contexts, such as the asterisk (*) which is used as a wildcard in some computer programs.

Types of Special Characters:

There are many different types of special characters, including:

Punctuation marks: These include characters such as the period, comma, semicolon, and exclamation point, which are used to separate sentences or clauses, or to indicate a pause or emphasis.

Mathematical symbols: These include characters such as +, -, /, *, =, <, >, and others that are used in mathematical equations and expressions.

Currency symbols: These include characters such as $, £, €, ¥, and others that are used to indicate a monetary value.

Diacritical marks: These include characters such as accents, tildes, and umlauts, which are used to indicate a different pronunciation of a letter.

Special characters used in programming and markup languages: These include characters such as {} [] < > / \ ' " and others that are used to indicate code structure or to delimit strings.

White space characters: These include characters such as the space, tab, and newline characters, which are used to separate words or lines of text.

Control characters: These include characters such as the line feed, carriage return, and bell characters, which are used to control the flow of text or to indicate a specific action.

Emoji: They are graphical characters that can be used to express emotions and ideas in texts, messages or email.