Ask HN: How do you call the "-" on a keyboard?

7 comments

• rzzzwilson 44 minutes ago

  The "ASCII" page in the Jargon File gives a few names for "-". It even says that the official ANSI/CCITT names are "hyphen" and "minus".

  https://www.catb.org/jargon/html/A/ASCII.html

• lordkrandel 19 minutes ago

  Dash

• voidUpdate an hour ago

  "Hyphen" in writing, "dash" or "tack" in command line

• Ekaros an hour ago

  Minus is an option. Especially on numpad.

• stop50 an hour ago

  Minus

• sixthDot an hour ago

  ("-")

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  nhgiang an hour ago

  Everyone else answered “what do you call…”. You are the only one answered OP’s question.