James Knott wrote:
Dotan Cohen wrote:
This is a hash sign: #
I believe that you may call this a number sign, but the technical name
for it is hash.
Actually, it's called an octothorpe. Hash is food (at least it pretends
to be <g>).
It has several names. Its official Unicode designation is "Number sign".
It is also known as "pound sign" (it is not used to designate the UK
currency unit, but it is still used in paper specifications, as in "20#
bond"), "hash", "crosshatch", and, yes, "octothorpe", or sometimes
"octalthorpe". But note that "octothorpe" was made up by a practical
joker in the 20th century. The notion that it is somehow the "proper"
name is an urban myth. (It is also sometimes used as a substitute for
the musical sharp sign, but it's not really the same.)
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