T may refer to any of the following:
T is an abbreviation of tera.
T is a keyboard key used with the keyboard shortcuts Alt+T, Command+T, and Ctrl+T.
With the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board), a “T” rating is short for “teen” and is a game meant for players over the age of 13.
With a regular expression, \t matches a tab.
With Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet programs, “T” is the twentieth column of a spreadsheet. To reference the first cell in the column, you’d use “T1.”
In Adobe Photoshop, T is a shortcut to select the text tools.
T is the SI-derived symbol of tera.
In the phonetic alphabet, “T” is often pronounced as “tango.”
With days of the week, T is an abbreviation for Tuesday.
T is the twentieth letter of the English alphabet. The letter “T” comes after “S” and is followed by the letter “U.” To create a capitalized “T,” press Shift and T at the same time.
With U.S. QWERTY keyboards, the “T” key is on the top row, right of the “R,” and left of the “Y” key. See our keyboard page for a visual example of all keyboard keys.
Computer abbreviations, Letter
If the “T” key is not working on the keyboard, see: Some keys on my computer keyboard aren’t working.
In ASCII, the uppercase “T” is “084” in decimal (01010100 in binary). The lowercase “t” is “116” in decimal (01110100 in binary).
Doing the Alt code Alt+84 creates a capital “T” and Alt+116 creates a lowercase “t” character.
The number 8 on a phone keypad is used to create an “T” on a US phone.
Related information
- See our T terms for a full listing of computer terms starting with “T.”
- Computer people and pioneers with “T” first names.
