[plug] Non Linux Qn: Names of funny characters

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On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 20:52, Carl Gherardi wrote:
> Completely un-linux question but something that came up while writing
> code.
>
> what are the proper names of all the special charactes on the keyboard?

A google search gives me 157 matches for "octothorpe ampersand circumflex 
asterisk". Most of the ones on the first page are jargon dictionaries of some 
sort.  Many of the characters have multiple names.

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