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pound, hash or number sign
The pound symbol is most commonly used to represent numbers, as in, "I'll answer #3." In some versions of Unix, it is the system prompt. It has a variety of uses online, either as part of a cryptic password, or in creative renditions of ASCII art, and in smileys. It also means "net."
See also : *
NetLingo Classification: Symbols
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