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

[Richard Knoppow]

    Enter your information followed by the _octothorp_.

On 6/11/2017 2:32 PM, kn7sfz wrote:
> So, as I understand it, society is evolving to the point that your next 
> phone call that is answered by a computer:
> 
> "Your call is very important to us and our menu has changed, so listen 
> carefully to the following options:"
> 
> And one of the options was entering your information followed by the 
> 'pound' sign.
> 
> Are they soon gonna say 'followed by the hashtag sign' so the 
> millennials and Gen-Z will know what to do?
> 
> Shudder...
> 
> de Richard kn7sfz
> 
> 
> 
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