Bang

1. Slang commonly used to describe the exclamation mark. The exclamation mark is the symbol above the 1 key on the standard United States qwerty keyboard and looks like the following symbol: !

• An additional listing of computer keyboard keys can be found by clicking here.
• Information on how to insert an upside down exclamation mark in HTML can be found on our extended special HTML characters page.

2. Bang is also used to describe the physical process of hitting an object, commonly the keyboard.

Also see: Keyboard definitions, Whack, Shebang