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Why has the "#" symbol been called a number sign, pound sign, an...

Answer (1 of 19): Americans: blame the English. English: blame the Americans. The 'pound' sign: In the days of teletypes/teleprinters/telex machines, British keyboards used the same position for the £ (pound currency) sign as US keyboards used for the # (hash) and, crucially, the same 5-bit Ba...

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