03-20-2008, 07:47 PM
it is a 'grave accent';
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%60#Computer-related
on a pc hit "ctl-`" then a vowel and it prints the À à types of letters.
Quote:On many computer keyboards, the grave accent occupies a key by itself, and is meant to be combined with vowels as a multi-key combination. However, programmers have used the key by itself for a number of tasks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%60#Computer-related
on a pc hit "ctl-`" then a vowel and it prints the À à types of letters.