Apr 5, 2014 · The musical sharp (♯) is technically a different character from the octothorpe (#), though they are superficially similar. The Wikipedia article describes the origin of the …

Mar 24, 2018 · The '#' symbol has many names, but hash is the one that confuses me. I know the etymology of the word 'hash', but how did it become associated with that character?

Aug 17, 2018 · The # is also known as a hash in the U.S., but whether it is called a hash sign, pound sign, number sign, crosshatch, octatherp, and so on depends on how it is used. £ is …

Feb 22, 2019 · What caused the change from calling "#" a pound sign to calling it a hashtag? Why? I know that Twitter had much to do with the coinage, but how and why did it come about?

Oct 22, 2018 · Using a hash sign, "#", in place of "number" or "no." is, in British eyes, definitely an Americanism – Michael Harvey Oct 22, 2018 at 12:55 There seems to me no question that the …

Which is the correct way of writing a serial number with a pound (hash) sign instead of the word? Ask Question Asked 5 years, 11 months ago Modified 2 years, 8 months ago

So according to this, the hash sign which came to mean "number" (as in, "a #2 pencil" would be spoken as "a number 2 pencil") developed separately from the use of a hash sign in …

Jun 30, 2015 · Currently, I know it's used to pronounce "pound" in US English, "hash" in British English, "sharp" for C#--a programming language, and number sign to list items.

Mar 3, 2017 · 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 …

Oct 12, 2016 · The numero sign or numero symbol, № (also represented as Nº, No̲, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word number (s) indicating ordinal numeration, especially in …