| Subject | English | Swahili |
| comp., MS | date separator | kitenganishi cha tarehe (A character that is used to separate the day, month, and year when date values are formatted. The characters are determined by system settings or by the Format function) |
| comp., MS | list separator | kitenganishi orodha (A character that separates items in a list) |
| comp., MS | list-separator character | kibambo cha kutenganisha orodha (A character, usually a comma or semicolon, that separates elements in a list) |
| comp., MS | separator character | kibambo cha mtengano (A character you choose to indicate where you want text to separate when you convert a table to text, or where you want new rows or columns to begin when you convert text to a table) |