Is there another name for the symbol "&" other than and?

[ElFenix]

~ = tilde

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
~ squiggly mark is the technical term

I concur since my engineering professors say the same thing.

 

[lowtech1]

Originally posted by: guyver01
# = pound

# = hash (I think)
£ = pound

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
`= reverse quote mark...

` = backtick

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: lowtech

Originally posted by: guyver01
# = pound

# = hash (I think)
£ = pound

What is the name of the # symbol?

It has several names, some confusing. The most common is probably 'hash'. In the US it is sometimes called the 'pound sign' and used as a symbol for pounds weight, but this confuses the British, for whom a pound sign is £. In music, of course, it is a 'sharp'. The picturesque name 'octothorpe' has also been introduced: it is said to have been invented by an employee of Bell Laboratories in the 1960s, in honour of the American athlete Jim Thorpe. In the large form in which it appears on modern telephones it is sometimes called 'square'.



we're both right

 

[guyver01]

Did you also know that the "/" symbol is known as a solidus, oblique dash, or virgule?