XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 13:11:08 -0700, pyotr filipivich   
    wrote:   
      
   >Steve Hayes  on Sun, 16 Apr 2017 13:43:42 +0200   
   >typed in alt.comp.os.windows-xp  the following:   
   >>On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 12:55:15 -0400, nospam    
   >>wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>In article , Steve Hayes   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> >   
   >>>> >>  there was no hash key on the screen.   
   >>>> >   
   >>>> >"hash" = "pound" = "sharp" =  "octothorp" = "tic-tac-toe-board" =   
   "number".   
   >>>> >   
   >>>> >'Zat help :-) ? Cheers, -- tlvp   
   >>>>   
   >>>> There wasn't a pound (£) key either.   
   >>>   
   >>>the # key is normally called a pound key, less often the other listed   
   >>>names.   
   >>   
   >>£ is normally a "pound"   
   >># is a hash, or in certain constexts, a sharp. Calling it a "pound"   
   >>key is very abnormal.   
   >   
   >	OTOH, it is used as a sign for the weight in "lbs"  1kg = 2.2#  (I   
   >use that abbreviation a lot in notes to self)   
      
   I certainly never have.   
      
   I've used it to means "stream" in computer programming contexts, and   
   "sharp" in musical contexts, and "hash" or "hashtag" in general   
   computing contexts. I've never heard anyone call it a "poundtag" or an   
   "lbtag".   
      
      
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