octothorpe

octothorpe englanniksi

1. The hash or square symbol (m), used mainly in telephony and computing.

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2. 1973, US patent application ser. no. 05/422,816 (filed 3 December 1973), ''issued as'' patent no. 3,920,926 (18 November 1975), ''Telephone Data Set Including Visual Display Means'', col. 3

The pad 1 provides keys for numerals 0 to 9, while the sextile or asterisk (*) key is decoded to provide a decimal point and the octothorp (  ) key generates a command to send the contents of the memory unto the telephone line through a send circuit 7, a coupling circuit 8 and the hybrid network 2.

3. {{quote-book |en |year=1982 |author=Willard R. Espy |title=A Children's Almanac of Words at Play |url=https://archive.org/details/childrensalmanac00espy |location=New York |publisher=Clarkson N. Potter |page=230 |isbn=978-0-517-54660-4 |accessdate=18 January 2022

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