Re: Technical name for the #?

Subject: Re: Technical name for the #?
From: Matt Ion <soundy -at- SOUNDY -dot- ML -dot- ORG>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 07:39:37 -0800

On Sun, 22 Nov 1998 12:41:19 -0600, Vicki Schmitz wrote:

>Can anyone tell me what the precise name for the # symbol is and it's
>most commonly used name? I have heard it called the pound, the hash,
>the number sign, and the octothorpe.

I believe 'octothorpe' is the proper name for it -- 'pound' and 'number sign'
are things it represents.


Your friend and mine,
Matt
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"Reality is in alpha test on protoype hardware."
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