An octothorpe is another name for the number sign, also the pound sign (#).
the # sign on atelephone
The scientific name for the number sign "#" is octothorpe.
Another name for pound(on a phone) is an octothorpe.
Another name for the telephone handset symbol #.
Apostrophe.
Octothorpe, octopus, October, octagon, octane, among others.
Octothorpe
well that's simple. if you use a phone or your teacher sometimes uses it for it means number. #=number key. that's easy #= number key. to make it short it means number. # is also called an Octothorpe and is often mistakenly called a hashtag. A hashtag is the tag line AFTER the NumberKey/PoundKey/Octothorpe.
"Thorpe" is an old word meaning a small hamlet or village which is secondary or subservient to a larger nearby village. It is related to German "dorf" and Afrikaans "dorp". Probably the coiners of the word "octothorpe", which has only existed for a few decades, were visualizing a central town surrounded by eight subservient ones, giving the tic-tac-toe design which is now known as an octothorpe.
The octothorpe or hash sign precedes the name of the ID attribute: HTML: <div id="sidebar"> CSS: #sidebar { color: red; }
The name of the symbol is "pound sign" or "number sign". It is also known as an "octothorpe" or "hash symbol".