Today the tilde is placed over the letter n (i.e., ñ) in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound (a sound which is fairly common in European languages), and this combination of the tilde and the letter n is treated as a distinct letter of the alphabet. The name of the character comes from Spanish, which, in turn, is derived from the Latin word titulus meaning a title or superscription. An n or m following a vowel was often omitted and, instead, a tilde was placed over the vowel. The tilde was originally a small letter n that served as a form of contraction in documents written in the Latin language. It has a number of uses, including several with regard to computers. A tilde (pronounced TILL-duh) is a short, curvy horizontal line character that is located on the upper left on most keyboards, usually on the same key as the backquote.
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