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  • Jul 2, 2010, 12:50 AM
    nihaal
    What's the name of the symbol _
    Just a quick question.
  • Jul 2, 2010, 01:05 AM
    Clough
    Hi, nihaal!

    According to what's on the following site, it can have a number of different names.

    Underscore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Below, is a quote from that site.

    Quote:

    The underscore [ _ ] (also called understrike, low line, or low dash) is a character that originally appeared on the typewriter and was primarily used to underline words. To produce an underlined word, the word was typed, the typewriter carriage was moved back to the beginning of the word, and the word was overtyped with the underscore character.
    Thanks!
  • Sep 21, 2010, 05:33 PM
    tennis12
    What does * mean

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