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Grave accent
PrintableASCII 96 | Hex 0x60 | U+0060
Grave accent (ASCII 96) became the backtick in programming, used for template literals in JavaScript (ES6, 2015), inline code in Markdown, and command substitution in older shell scripts (`command`). In SQL, MySQL uses backticks to quote identifiers that conflict with reserved words. The original typographic purpose was as a diacritical mark indicating a falling tone or open vowel quality in languages like French and Italian (e, a). Modern Bash prefers $() over backtick command substitution because backticks cannot nest cleanly.
ASCII Code
Decimal
96
Hexadecimal
0x60
Octal
140
Binary
0110 0000
URL Escape
%60
Unicode
Code Point
U+0060
Escape
\u0060
UTF-8 Hex
0x60
UTF-8 Binary
01100000
UTF-16
0x0060
UTF-32
0x00000060
HTML Entities
Numeric
`
Hex
`
Named
`
How to Type
Windows Alt CodeAlt + 96
HTML Entity
`
Unicode InputU+0060
Source Code Representations
C / Java
"\u0060"CSS
\0060JavaScript
"\u0060"Perl
\x{0060}Python 2
u"\u0060"Python 3
\u0060Ruby
\u{0060}Frequently Asked Questions
What is ASCII code 96?
ASCII code 96 represents the Grave accent character. In hexadecimal it is 0x60, in binary 0110 0000, and in octal 140. It is a printable character that appears as "`" in text.
How do I type ASCII 96 on a keyboard?
On Windows, hold Alt and type 96 on the numeric keypad. On Mac, you can use the Character Viewer (Edit > Emoji & Symbols). In HTML, use the entity ` or `.