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From: meier@srcsip.UUCP (C Michael Meier)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: question about names for symbols
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 22:27:12 EDT
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>> 
>> What names are in use for the non-alpha characters in the ASCII code?
>> 
>> For example, ! is often 'shriek' or 'bang'
bang
>> 			 # is 'sharp' or 'pound'
also known as 'number'.
>> 
>> Rick Coates

>Names I use or have heard:

>	Symbol		Names
>
>	   $		dollar (as opposed to "dollar sign")
this symbol is also commonly known as 'string'
-- 
>Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
>aka Swazoo Koolak
Christopher Meier