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From: Chris.Maidt@p8.f30.n147.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Chris Maidt)
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Subject: Re: Pound sign (was Re: the Telephone Test)
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Date: 8 May 89 01:53:54 GMT
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 RD> This is often mislabelled as "pound sign", "number sign", "crosshatch",
 RD> "hash", etc.

It is commonly refered to as an octathorpe (sp). 



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