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title: Symbols
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## Symbols
HTML symbol entities are characters that are not represented on a user's keyboards. Many mathematical, scientific, and currency symbols
are not present on a normal keyboard; therefore, to add such symbols to a page using HTML, the HTML entity name can be used.
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It is important to note that these will not effect the HTML code themselves, and will always be interpreted as text. For example, if we wanted to type `<div>` as text on a webpage, we may need to use these symbol entities: `<div>` .
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If no entity name exists, either the entity number or hexadecimal reference can be used.
![Common HTML5 Symbols ](http://ways2web.weebly.com/uploads/5/4/4/8/54485903/8779038_orig.png )
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### Ampersand escape
If you want to show the entity name on a webpage like this:
```html
< p > < html> < / p >
```
Then you need to use an ampersand escape, like below:
```html
< p > & lt;html& gt;< / p >
```
This will display the entity name rather than the entity.
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#### More Information:
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* [W3 Schools Reference ](https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_symbols.asp )
* [Symbols Reference Chart ](https://dev.w3.org/html5/html-author/charref )
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* [Toptal Reference ](https://www.toptal.com/designers/htmlarrows/symbols/ )
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