Unsupported titles/`lowbar`

_ U+005F, _ LOW LINE ← ^ [U+005E] Basic Latin ` → [U+0060]

Character variations

＿ U+FF3F, ＿ FULLWIDTH LOW LINE ← ＾ [U+FF3E] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｀ → [U+FF40]

Translingual

Blinking cursor example.

Symbol

_ (English symbol name underscore or underline)

1. Used to indicate a space to be filled in. Often, the symbol is used repeatedly to form a longer line.

   Age: __ Gender: _

   Sign here: _________________________________ Date: __________

2. (mathematics, in plain text) Separates a symbol with a subscript character, representing a variant of the base symbol.

   Force is denoted with F. Centripetal force is denoted with F_c which may be written as F_c.

3. (computing) Used to represent what would normally be a space ] [ in computing.

   My email address is jon_smith@example.com.

   1. Used as a cursor to indicate a place where text can be typed. On visual display units, the underscore may be made to blink.

      MS-DOS prompt: C:\>_

   2. (programming) Especially as a prefix: used to denote a special identifier such as a global or private variable or a reserved symbol.

Derived terms

• _ _ (encloses text for emphasis)

See also

• Underscore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Punctuation mark

_

1. (nonstandard) Used to separate multiple gendered inflections in gender-neutral writing.

   Synonym: *

   Coordinate term: -In (with Binnen-I)

   Freund_innen; ein_e Beamt_er_in

   friends (of any gender); an officer (of any gender)