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  1. Path: gti.gti.net!cuthe
  2. From: cuthe@gti.net
  3. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
  4. Subject: Re: How to dial * (star) # (double cross)
  5. Date: Wed, 07 Feb 96 01:51:01 GMT
  6. Organization: GTI GlobalNet
  7. Message-ID: <4f90k1$25s@gti.gti.net>
  8. References: <4ert8e$sb@mothra.westworld.com> <4f64g6$1rbs@huey.cadvision.com>
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  11.  
  12. In article <4f64g6$1rbs@huey.cadvision.com>, bbergman@westworld.com wrote:
  13. : Bruce, the correct term to describe a # is actually "octothorpe" -- and, no, I
  14. :  did 
  15. : not make that up.  The pound sign thing is slang.  Just in case Alex Trebeck
  16. :  ever 
  17. : asks... <grin>
  18.  
  19. Maybe you know the name of the @ symbol, too?  I heard it once, but forgot.
  20.