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Re: Octothorpes & Numbers

#41179 07/09/2002 6:27 PM

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Sue in Chicago

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Sorry, I have not yet read all the posts in this subject yet, so if this factoid has been mentioned, please forgive me.

I have always heard that the # is called an "octothorpe" because, on the old IBM punch cards it was indicated by a combination punch, using the numbers 8 and 3, thus octothorpe.

Sue

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