The symbol will be known as the square or the most commonly used >
> equivalent term in other languages.*
>> *... alternate term (e.g. "number sign") may be necessary...
>> I suppose it's useful to have a translatable term. That approach
>> worked for "star", but it seems to have failed here. Does anyone refer
>> to '#' as a "square"? Anywhere? Enquiring minds want to know ...
> British Telecom likes to call it "square," and uses the term in many
> system prompts, e.g. "Dial the telephone number followed by
> square."
IBM card punch codes (commercial set) had a character that was a square (with somewhat squashed sides) that evolved, IIRC into the current # code, so there is some precedent for this.
Julian Thomas: snipped-for-privacy@jt-mj.net
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