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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 11:17:12 -0500, Wildman    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 09:28:04 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >   
   >> We switched to the metric system in 1971, but even before that I   
   >> never, ever heard # referred to as a "pound sign". Back then the only   
   >> thing I knew it as was sharp.   
   >>   
   >> It was only after the edvent of personal computers about 8-10 years   
   >> later that I heard it referred to as "hash".   
   >   
   >I live in the US and I'm 67 years old.  Growing up the '#' sign   
   >had three meanings depending on the context.  If used in music,   
   >it was the sharp sign.  If it was placed before a number, it is   
   >the number sign, i.e., #1 means number one.  If it came after a   
   >number, it was the pound sign, meaning weight as in 16 ounces.   
   >It never had anything to do with money.  As you said the term   
   >hash came later.  Also, '#!' that is used in Bash scripts is   
   >called 'she-bang' and later became 'hash-bang'.  Note that the   
   >exclamation point became 'bang'.   
      
   The Internet used to use Bang path addressing before domain name   
   addressing became popular.   
      
      
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