Bang

1. Slang used to describe the exclamation mark. The exclamation mark (!) is a punctuation mark found on the 1 key on a standard United States qwerty keyboard. In the picture to the right, there are five exclamation marks on five other devices listed in the Windows Device Manager.

• Computer keyboard keys and explanations.
• 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, often the keyboard. For example, a person may get frustrated with their computer and bang their hands on the keyboard.

Also see: !=, Keyboard definitions, Nonexecutable statement, Shebang, Whack