On 11/21/2013 02:00 PM, Mark Bourne wrote: > Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: >> Then there are the younger users that know "#" only as "hash-tag" and >> not "pound-sign". Yes many of the "standard" characters have different >> names depending on the languages used. > > In the UK, "#" is more commonly known as "hash" or "number sign". > > For us, "pound sign" usually means "£" ;o) > > Windows Vista's character map (and probably Windows 7's as well?) > displays the name of the selected character (and can search for > characters by name). It calls # "Number Sign" and £ "Pound Sign". I > think those are the "official" names defined by Unicode. > > Mark. > I always think of # as being a sharp sign. When I was in grade school, over 60 years ago, "lb." meant pound(s). Writing a script in the bash shell in Linux, you start with " #! " which is known as "shabang."
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