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 1 | # What do you call this in JavaScript?
 2 | 
 3 | This is a list of ambiguous symbols used in JavaScript that may be confusing to search for on the web.
 4 | 
 5 | ## Symbols in JavaScript
 6 | 
 7 | | Symbol | Description    | Colloquial verbiage |
 8 | | ------ | -------------- | ------------------- |
 9 | | `=>`   | [Arrow function expression](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Functions/Arrow_functions) | _"Hash rocket", "fat arrow"_ |
10 | | `===`   | [Strict equality comparison](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Equality_comparisons_and_sameness) | _"Threequal", "identity"_ |
11 | | `==`   | [Abstract equality comparison](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Equality_comparisons_and_sameness) | _"Loose equality"_ |
12 | | `{ ...object }` | [Object spread operator](https://redux.js.org/recipes/using-object-spread-operator) | _"Splat"_ |
13 | | `function fn(...args)` | [Rest parameters](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Functions/rest_parameters) | _"Stargs"_ |
14 | | `const { a, b } = ...` | [Destructuring assignment](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Destructuring_assignment) | |
15 | | `{ [name]: "..." }` | [Computed property names](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Object_initializer#Computed_property_names) | |
16 | | `++` | [Increment operator](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Arithmetic_Operators#Increment) | |
17 | | `--` | [Decrement operator](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Arithmetic_Operators#Decrement) | |
18 | | `**` | [Exponentiation operator](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Arithmetic_Operators#Exponentiation) | |
19 | | `-a` | [Unary negation operator](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Arithmetic_Operators#Unary_negation) | |
20 | | `+a` | [Unary plus operator](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Arithmetic_Operators#Unary_plus) | |
21 | 
22 | ## Symbols in TC39 proposals
23 | 
24 | Some features that may not be available in mainstream JavaScript yet.
25 | 
26 | | Symbol | Description    | Colloquial verbiage |
27 | | ------ | -------------- | ------------------- |
28 | | `??` | [Nullish coalescing](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-nullish-coalescing) | |
29 | | `?.` | [Optional chaining](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-optional-chaining) | _"Safe navigation operator"_ (Groovy), _"Elvis operator"_, _"Lonely operator"_ (Ruby) |
30 | | `@foo()` | [Class decorators](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-decorators) | | 
31 | | `#method` | [Private fields](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-private-fields-in-in) | |
32 | | `#{...}` | [Record](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-record-tuple) (immutable) | |
33 | | `#[...]` | [Tuple](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-record-tuple) (immutable) ||
34 | 
35 | ## Thanks
36 | 
37 | Inspired by [JuanitoFatas/what-do-you-call-this-in-ruby](https://github.com/JuanitoFatas/what-do-you-call-this-in-ruby).
38 | 


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