V
V may refer to any of the following:
1. V is a keyboard key used with the keyboard shortcuts Alt+V, Command+V, and Ctrl+V.
2. With a regular expression, \v matches a vertical tab.
3. With Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet programs, "V" is the twenty-second column of a spreadsheet. To reference the first cell in the column, you'd use "V1."
4. In Adobe Photoshop, V is a shortcut to select the Move tool. Pressing Shift+V cycles through related tools, including the Artboard tool.
5. With a measurement, V is the symbol for volt.
6. In the phonetic alphabet, "V" is often pronounced as "Victor."
7. As a Roman numeral, "V" is 5.
8. V is the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet. The letter "V" comes after "U" and is followed by the letter "W." To create a capitalized "V," press Shift and V at the same time.
On a U.S. QWERTY keyboard, the "V" key is on the bottom row, right of the "C," and left of the "B" key. See our keyboard page for a visual example of all keyboard keys.
If the "V" key is not working on the keyboard, see: Some keys on my computer keyboard aren't working.
In ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), the uppercase "V" is "086" in decimal (01010110 in binary). The lowercase "v" is "118" in decimal (01110110 in binary).
The number 8 on a phone keypad creates a "V" on a US phone.