| Subject | English | Icelandic |
| comp., MS | date separator | dagsetningarskiltákn (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 | skiltákn (A character that separates items in a list) |
| comp., MS | list-separator character | listaskiltákn (A character, usually a comma or semicolon, that separates elements in a list) |
| comp., MS | separator character | skiltákn (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) |