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      octothorp
      /ˈɒktə(ʊ)θɔːp/
      noun
      noun: octothorpe
      1. another term for the symbol # (the hash sign or pound sign).
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      octothorpe - Wiktionary


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      octothorpe (plural octothorpes) (chiefly US, typography) The hash or square symbol (#), used mainly in telephony and computing.
      ‎English · ‎Etymology · ‎Pronunciation · ‎Noun

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      Octothorpe | Definition of Octothorpe by Merriam-Webster


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      Stories abound about who first called the # sign an "octothorpe" (which can also be spelled "octothorp"). Most of those tales link the name to various telephone workers in the 1960s, and all claim the "octo-" part refers to the eight points on the symbol, but the "thorpe" remains a mystery.

      The octothorpe - Dictionary.com


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      On Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, you tag your friends with the @ symbol and you tag topics with the #. ... This phrase arose in Britain because pound sign could easily be confused with the British currency. ... The word hash predates these other names (but wasn’t very popular until ...

      Octothorpe - World Wide Words


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      23 Jan 1999 - Octothorpe is just one of a plethora of names for the symbol. In the US it's often called the pound key, because it has long been used to mark numbers related to weight, or for similar reasons the number sign, which is one of its internationally agreed names.

      Number sign - Wikipedia


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      The symbol # is most commonly known as the number sign, hash, or pound sign. The symbol .... Octothorp, octothorpe, octathorp, octatherp: Most scholars believe the word was invented by workers at the Bell Telephone Laboratories by 1968, ...
      ‎History · ‎Other names in English · ‎In computing · ‎Other uses

      Before the Hashtag, There Was the Octothorpe - Gizmodo


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      18 Dec 2014 - Illustration for article titled Before the Hashtag, There Was the Octothorpe. If you want to follow conversation threads relating to this show on ...

      octothorp - Lexico.com


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      Where Does the Hashtag (a.k.a. Octothorpe) Come From? | Mental Floss


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      26 May 2015 - The official name of the number sign, the one located at the bottom right hand corner of phone keypads and used to label hashtags on social ...

      Octothorpe - 99% Invisible


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      16 Dec 2014 - If you want to follow conversation threads relating to this show on social media — whether Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, Tumblr — you know ...
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