What is this ~?

Question:I am sorry, I just don't know what this symbol/key is for on my keyboard. ~
I have been using it for a dash.

Answers:
til·de /ˈtɪldə/
–noun 1. a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
2. swung dash.
3. Mathematics. a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
4. Logic. a similar symbol indicating negation.
It is a tilde.

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