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- word choice - What Is the Real Name of the #? - English Language . . .
Technically, it's called the octothorpe Called the pound sign , number sign and more recently the hashtag , it actually developed as a scribble for the abbreviation of pound in latin: lb , where lb is an abbreviation of libra , itself a shortened form of the full expression, libra pondo - literally “pound by weight” in Latin (though the
- What is a thorpe? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
From OxfordDictionariesOnline: octothorpe 1970s: of uncertain origin; probably from octo- (referring to the eight points on the symbol) + the surname Thorpe You can also look up thorpe = village or hamlet in that same dictionary, but that obsolete word probably has no relevance to your question –
- When and how did the word hashtag come about? [duplicate]
It may be prudent to read the "Did You Know" annotation under MW's "hashtag" and the "octothorpe" definitions The origin of both names for this symbol "#" is stated as unknown Rumors around it abound on the internet The first known use, Merriam-Webster lists for hashtag is 2007 For octothorpe, 1971 That said, I was born in 1958
- Why is the word hash associated with the # character?
The octothorpe ("#" character) is commonly referred to as "hash" – Hot Licks Commented Mar 24, 2018 at
- etymology - Do roman numeral symbols have names? - English Language . . .
For example, # is referred to as an 'octothorpe' It seems reasonable that roman numerals, like I, V and X should have their own name, that is distinctly different from the numbers they represent, and the characters we use to depict them However, I have not been able to find a more suitable name to describe them Is there indeed a name for them?
- Hashtag vs hash tag - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The octothrope character (#) is called "hash" by those that don't know any better "Tag" is a general term for something that labels or identifies something else to which it's attached A "hashtag", as used in Twitter, et al, thus is a tag that uses the octothorpe character as a "trigger" character to mark it's start
- How to say * and - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The key labeled was officially named the star key The original design used a symbol with six points, but an asterisk (*) with five points commonly appears in printing [citation needed] "#" is officially called the number sign key, but other names such as pound key, hash key, hex key, octothorpe, gate, and square, are common, depending national or personal preference
- In the U. S. , why is octothorp used to signal an apartment at a . . .
A theory claims that back in early 1900, the Teletype Corporation was the first to use # to mean "number" That Wikipedia article about the symbol uses the word hash 15 times, whereas it only uses octothorp 3 times (plus a few references to the alternative spellings octothorpe, octathorp, octatherp)
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