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What do you call this symbol?

What name do you generally give to the "#" symbol?

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Phys251

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What do you generally call that symbol?
 
Depends on the context. The only one I've never heard of is the Octothorpe.
 
I learned it as pound for the phone, and hashtag for the computer.
 
All the above? (Comes down to context, no?)
 
Depends what generation you hail from, imo.
 
Rexedgar said:
Depends what generation you hail from, imo.
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Probably this.

That nobody has selected "hashtag" so far suggests we don't have very many young people on DP.
 
Phys251 said:
Probably this.

That nobody has selected "hashtag" so far suggests we don't have very many young people on DP.
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So we are a bunch of old fogies? :lamo
 
Phys251 said:
Probably this.

That nobody has selected "hashtag" so far suggests we don't have very many young people on DP.
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It really does depend. If I see "#saying" i say hashtag. If I see "dial #" then i call it pound.
 
Phys251 said:
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What do you generally call that symbol?
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The start of a single line comment in code for many programming languages.

Example:

#Set Storage Context
$StorageContext = New-AzStorageContext -StorageAccountName $StorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $StorageAccountKey

#Get Storage Tables
try {
$LogTable = (Get-AzStorageTable -Name $LogTableName -Context $StorageContext -ErrorAction Stop).CloudTable
}
catch {
Write-Error -Message "Error accessing log table. Error message was: $_.Exception.Message"
return
}
 
The "#" symbol can mean (depending on context)
  • Number
  • Pound (weight, not currency)
  • Hashtag (Twitter specific)
  • Octothorpe (telephony & computers)
  • Sharp (music)
  • Primorial (number theory, e.g. 12# = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 11 = 2310)
 
Anyone know why adding machines and touchtone keyboards don’t match?

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Phys251 said:
Probably this.

That nobody has selected "hashtag" so far suggests we don't have very many young people on DP.
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My friends on +ma's reversing studio website called it a programming hashtag in 1996. They're in Italy, but I don't think that it matters. The latest version of C programming is called C# (C sharp). As a musician, I like that.

As a long time CAD draftsman, it should be called hatchtag.
 
Lol, look at all the Boomers still calling it a "pound sign". :D
 
If you were a math geek into number theory then it would be the primorial of a number. As in P[SUB]n[/SUB]#. Where n equals the number of prime numbers to multiply: P[SUB]5[/SUB]# = 2 * 3 * 5 * 7 * 11 = 2,310

It can also be denoted as a number followed by the primorial symbol. As in: 20# = 2 * 3 * 5 * 7 * 11 * 13 * 17 * 19 = 9,699,690
 
In Europe I hear it called hashtag and Americans I hear calling it a pound sign.
 
roughdraft274 said:
I've never heard of octothorpe, but now that I have that is what I'm calling it.

Thank you good sir.
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weird name since octo denotes 8 and it has 9 cells
 
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