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From: don@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The "#" Symbol
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 16:10:00 EDT
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i believe that octothorpe is Bell Labs' usage, which is not to say that
that they invented it. for what it's worth, the only users of this word
that i've ever met, were associated with Bell.  -don davis, intermetrics


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