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In HTML and XML, a numeric character reference refers to a character by its Universal Character Set/Unicode code point, and uses the format: &#xhhhh;. or &#nnnn; where the x must be lowercase in XML documents, hhhh is the code point in hexadecimal form, and nnnn is the code point in decimal form.
Codes from 160 to 255 can all be created using character entity names. Only a few higher-numbered codes can be created using entity names, but all can be created by decimal number character reference. Character entity references can also have the format &name; where name is a case-sensitive alphanumeric string.
Code Decimal Name Block Display Description U+00B7: 183: Middle dot: Latin-1 Supplement · Interpunct Named entity: · U+21A1: 8609: Downwards two headed arrow: Arrows ↡ : ECMA-17 / ISO 2047 symbol for form feed (page break) [15] U+2261: 8810: Identical to: Mathematical Operators ≡ : Amongst other uses, is the ECMA-17 / ISO 2047 ...
There is another kind of character reference called a character entity reference, which allows a character to be referred to by a name instead of a number. (Naming a character creates a character entity.) HTML defines some character entities, but not many; all other characters can only be included by direct encoding or using NCRs.
A numeric character reference refers to a character by its Universal Character Set/Unicode code point, and a character entity reference refers to a character by a predefined name. A numeric character reference uses the format &#nnnn; or &#xhhhh; where nnnn is the code point in decimal form, and hhhh is the code point in hexadecimal form.
An interpunct ·, also known as an interpoint, [1] middle dot, middot, centered dot or centred dot, is a punctuation mark consisting of a vertically centered dot used for interword separation in Classical Latin.
Some page names are not possible because of limitations imposed by the MediaWiki software. In some cases (such as names which should begin with a lowercase letter, like eBay), a template can be added to the article to cause the title header to be displayed as desired. In other cases (such as names containing restricted characters) it is ...
For example: Symbol ⌂ (HTML hexadecimal code is ⌂) represents a house or a home. Symbol ⌘ (⌘) is a "place of interest" sign. It may be used to represent the Command key on a Mac keyboard. Symbol ⌚ (⌚) is a watch (or clock). Symbol ⏏ (⏏) is the "Eject" button symbol found on electronic equipment.