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   From: jk20@hotmail.com   
      
   The # key is sometimes called the pound sign as on a British keyboard   
   the *real* pound sign was above the 3 key,  where the # sign normally   
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   JK   
      
   On 18/04/2017 18:33, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > 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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