It's called an octathorp (or octothorp--I'm not sure about the exact spelling) -- Jason
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, December 15, 2002 2:35 pm Subject: [USMA:24026] Re: What do you call this symbol: #? > We call it the 'hash' key. > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 2:34 AM > Subject: [USMA:24005] What do you call this symbol: #? > > > 2002-12-15 > > I don't think a day goes by when we pick up the phone, and call > someoneonly to be greeted by an automatic operator. In many of > those messages, we > are often told to press a key called "the pound sign". To those > who live > in the US, this is the # key. > > What is this key called in metric countries? > >
