Lifted from the HTML 3.0 Draft DTD and brought into a usable table, sorted by alphabetically ascending entity syntax.
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| Entity Name | Entity Syntax | Description | In the Real World |
|---|---|---|---|
| � to  | Unused | ||
| 	 | Horizontal tab | ||
| | Line feed | ||
|  to  | Unused | ||
|   | Space | ||
| ! | Exclamation mark | ! | |
| " | " | Quotation mark | " |
| # | Number sign | # | |
| $ | Dollar sign | $ | |
| % | Percent sign | % | |
| & | & | Ampersand | & |
| ' | Apostrophe | ' | |
| ( | Left parenthesis | ( | |
| ) | Right parenthesis | ) | |
| * | Asterisk | * | |
| + | Plus sign | + | |
| , | Comma | , | |
| - | Hyphen | - | |
| . | Period (fullstop) | . | |
| / | Solidus (slash) | / | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| : | Colon | : | |
| ; | Semi-colon | ; | |
| < | < | Less than | < |
| = | Equals sign | = | |
| > | > | Greater than | > |
| ? | Question mark | ? | |
| @ | Commercial at | @ | |
| A | A | A | A |
| B | B | B | B |
| C | C | C | C |
| D | D | D | D |
| E | E | E | E |
| F | F | F | F |
| G | G | G | G |
| H | H | H | H |
| I | I | I | I |
| J | J | J | J |
| K | K | K | K |
| L | L | L | L |
| M | M | M | M |
| N | N | N | N |
| O | O | O | O |
| P | P | P | P |
| Q | Q | Q | Q |
| R | R | R | R |
| S | S | S | S |
| T | T | T | T |
| U | U | U | U |
| V | V | V | V |
| W | W | W | W |
| X | X | X | X |
| Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Z | Z | Z | Z |
| [ | Left square bracket | [ | |
| \ | Reverse solidus (backslash) | \ | |
| ] | Right square bracket | ] | |
| ^ | Caret | ^ | |
| _ | Horizontal bar (underscore) | _ | |
| ` | Acute accent | ` | |
| a | a | a | a |
| b | b | b | b |
| c | c | c | c |
| d | d | d | d |
| e | e | e | e |
| f | f | f | f |
| g | g | g | g |
| h | h | h | h |
| i | i | i | i |
| j | j | j | j |
| k | k | k | k |
| l | l | l | l |
| m | m | m | m |
| n | n | n | n |
| o | o | o | o |
| p | p | p | p |
| q | q | q | q |
| r | r | r | r |
| s | s | s | s |
| t | t | t | t |
| u | u | u | u |
| v | v | v | v |
| w | w | w | w |
| x | x | x | x |
| y | y | y | y |
| z | z | z | z |
| { | Left curly brace | { | |
| | | Vertical bar | | | |
| } | Right curly brace | } | |
| ~ | Tilde | ~ | |
|  to Ÿ | Unused | ||
|   | non-breaking space | ||
| ¡ | Inverted exclamation | ¡ | |
| ¢ | Cent sign | ¢ | |
| £ | Pound sterling | £ | |
| ¤ | General currency sign | ¤ | |
| ¥ | Yen sign | ¥ | |
| ¦ | Broken vertical bar | ¦ | |
| § | Section sign | § | |
| ¨ | Umlaut (dieresis) | ¨ | |
| © | Copyright | © | |
| ª | Feminine ordinal | ª | |
| « | Left angle quote, guillemotleft | « | |
| ¬ | Not sign | ¬ | |
| ­ | Soft hyphen | | |
| ® | Registered trademark | ® | |
| ¯ | Macron accent | ¯ | |
| ° | Degree sign | ° | |
| ± | Plus or minus | ± | |
| ² | Superscript two | ² | |
| ³ | Superscript three | ³ | |
| ´ | Acute accent | ´ | |
| µ | Micro sign | µ | |
| ¶ | Paragraph sign | ¶ | |
| · | Middle dot | · | |
| ¸ | Cedilla | ¸ | |
| ¹ | Superscript one | ¹ | |
| º | Masculine ordinal | º | |
| » | Right angle quote, guillemotright | » | |
| ¼ | Fraction one-fourth | ¼ | |
| ½ | Fraction one-half | ½ | |
| ¾ | Fraction three-fourths | ¾ | |
| ¿ | Inverted question mark | ¿ | |
| À | À | Capital A, grave accent | À |
| Á | Á | Capital A, acute accent | Á |
| Â | Â | Capital A, circumflex accent | Â |
| Ã | Ã | Capital A, tilde | Ã |
| Ä | Ä | Capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ä |
| Å | Å | Capital A, ring | Å |
| Æ | Æ | Capital AE dipthong (ligature) | Æ |
| Ç | Ç | Capital C, cedilla | Ç |
| È | È | Capital E, grave accent | È |
| É | É | Capital E, acute accent | É |
| Ê | Ê | Capital E, circumflex accent | Ê |
| Ë | Ë | Capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ë |
| Ì | Ì | Capital I, grave accent | Ì |
| Í | Í | Capital I, acute accent | Í |
| Î | Î | Capital I, circumflex accent | Î |
| Ï | Ï | Capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ï |
| Ð | Ð | Capital Eth, Icelandic | Ð |
| Ñ | Ñ | Capital N, tilde | Ñ |
| Ò | Ò | Capital O, grave accent | Ò |
| Ó | Ó | Capital O, acute accent | Ó |
| Ô | Ô | Capital O, circumflex accent | Ô |
| Õ | Õ | Capital O, tilde | Õ |
| Ö | Ö | Capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ö |
| × | Multiply sign | × | |
| Ø | Ø | Capital O, slash | Ø |
| Ù | Ù | Capital U, grave accent | Ù |
| Ú | Ú | Capital U, acute accent | Ú |
| Û | Û | Capital U, circumflex accent | Û |
| Ü | Ü | Capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark | Ü |
| Ý | Ý | Capital Y, acute accent | Ý |
| Þ | Þ | Capital THORN, Icelandic | Þ |
| ß | ß | Small sharp s, German (sz ligature) | ß |
| à | à | Small a, grave accent | à |
| á | á | Small a, acute accent | á |
| â | â | Small a, circumflex accent | â |
| ã | ã | Small a, tilde | ã |
| ä | ä | Small a, dieresis or umlaut mark | ä |
| å | å | Small a, ring | å |
| æ | æ | Small ae dipthong (ligature) | æ |
| ç | ç | Small c, cedilla | ç |
| è | è | Small e, grave accent | è |
| é | é | Small e, acute accent | é |
| ê | ê | Small e, circumflex accent | ê |
| ë | ë | Small e, dieresis or umlaut mark | ë |
| ì | ì | Small i, grave accent | ì |
| í | í | Small i, acute accent | í |
| î | î | Small i, circumflex accent | î |
| ï | ï | Small i, dieresis or umlaut mark | ï |
| ð | ð | Small eth, Icelandic | ð |
| ñ | ñ | Small n, tilde | ñ |
| ò | ò | Small o, grave accent | ò |
| ó | ó | Small o, acute accent | ó |
| ô | ô | Small o, circumflex accent | ô |
| õ | õ | Small o, tilde | õ |
| ö | ö | Small o, dieresis or umlaut mark | ö |
| ÷ | Division sign | ÷ | |
| ø | ø | Small o, slash | ø |
| ù | ù | Small u, grave accent | ù |
| ú | ú | Small u, acute accent | ú |
| û | û | Small u, circumflex accent | û |
| ü | ü | Small u, dieresis or umlaut mark | ü |
| ý | ý | Small y, acute accent | ý |
| þ | þ | Small thorn, Icelandic | þ |
| ÿ | ÿ | Small y, dieresis or umlaut mark | ÿ |
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