Mudcat Café message #3518838

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Thread #150837 Message #3518838
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
24-May-13 - 12:15 PM
Thread Name: COME ON MAX! AT LEAST MAKE IT A 'D'!
Subject: RE: COME ON MAX! AT LEAST MAKE IT A 'D'!

What is the name for the symbols < and > ?

# has several names: hash, pound sign or number sign (N. Am. terminology), or sharp in music.
I like the seldom used appellation octothorpe, coined by a Bell Laboratories employee.