[GreenKeys] Why has the '#' symbol been called a number sign, pound sign, and now 'hashtag'?

[Richard Knoppow]

     I like octothorpe.  I think maybe the sign should be called a hatch 
or hash mark likely derived from hatching, a way of making half-tones in 
drawing or etching. AKA, cross-hatching or hachure.

On 6/11/2017 9:33 AM, Paul Heller wrote:
> I was doing some research on the US dollar sign and the problems with telex/teletype machines in Germany sending an answerback when they receive it, and came across this rather interesting article which covers the pound sign (which is named such because of teletype days!)
> 
> https://www.quora.com/Why-has-the-symbol-been-called-a-number-sign-pound-sign-and-now-hashtag
> 
> Paul
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