What are the nicknames for regular programming characters?

Question

There are common slang names for the period, exclamation point and asterisk:,
"dot"
! "bang"
* "star"

but what are the tags, monosyllabic names for characters like  
%  
and amp;  
<
{
[
;
etc.

Answer 1

The internet knows a lot of them

Or, a jargon file .

Answer 2

Here are a few styles:

<> !*''#
^"`$$-
!*=@$_
%*<> ~#4
&[]../
|{,,SYSTEM HALTED 

A poem can be appreciated only by reading it aloud:

Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.

: http://babek.info/libertybasicfiles/lbnews/nl123/fun.htm

Answer 3

, . ,

. dot or period
! exclamation point
* asterisk or star
% percent (sometimes mod)
& ampersand
< less than
{ left brace
[ left bracket
; semicolon

Answer 4

- :

.           spot                    identify 16-bit variable      
:           two-spot                identify 32-bit variable      
,           tail                    identify 16-bit array         
;           hybrid                  identify 32-bit array         
#           mesh                    identify constant             
=           half-mesh                                             
'           spark                   grouper                       
`           backspark                                             
!           wow                     equivalent to spark-spot      
?           what                    unary exlusive OR (ASCII)     
"           rabbit-ears             grouper                       
".          rabbit                  equivalent to ears-spot       
|           spike                                                 
%           double-oh-seven         percentage qualifier          
-           worm                    used with angles              
<           angle                   used with worms               
>           right angle                                           
(           wax                     precedes line label           
)           wane                    follows line label            
[           U turn                                                
]           U turn back                                           
{           embrace                                               
}           bracelet                                              
*           splat                   flags invalid statements      
&           ampersand[5]            unary logical AND             
V           V                       unary logical OR              
            (or book)                                             
V-          bookworm                unary exclusive OR            
            (or universal qualifier)                              
$           big money               unary exclusive OR (ASCII)                            
c|          change                  binary mingle                 
~           sqiggle                 binary select                 
_           flat worm                                             
            overline                indicates "times 1000"        
+           intersection            separates list items          
/           slat                                                  
\           backslat                                              
@           whirlpool                                             
-'         hookworm                                              
^           shark                                                 
            (or simply sharkfin)           

Answer 5

, #! ( "crunch bang" ), CrunchBang Linux. "#" "".

, ( ):

= "gets" (when reading C code "int num = 5;" would be "num gets five")
` "quasiquote" (lisp)
#! together are often pronounced "shebang" (consider that a kind of tech-dipthong)

Answer 6

- , ASCII .

Answer 7

# = "pound"

#sand

#puppy

Answer 8

@ "" () ( ).

Answer 9

:

! not
@ these (Perl)
$ this (Perl)
: otherwise (ternary operator)
; stop (read as a telegram?)
* anything (regex-esque)
& and
| or

Answer 10

Hehe, when I was a kid, I called the character "#" (don't laugh!) "Eh." And "$" was called "xsssss".