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title: Symbols
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## Symbols
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HTML symbol entities are characters that are not represented on a user's keyboards. Many mathematical, scientific, and currency symbols
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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.
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If no entity name exists, either the entity number or hexadecimal reference can be used.
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#### More Information:
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* [W3 Schools Reference](https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_symbols.asp)
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* [Symbols Reference Chart](https://dev.w3.org/html5/html-author/charref)
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