From: Ray Arachelian <sunder@brainlink.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:31:07 -0800 (PST)
To: Tom Allard <m1tca00@FRB.GOV>
Subject: Re: # (was Re: Anguilla)
In-Reply-To: <199703101746.MAA12603@bksmp2.FRB.GOV>
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On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Tom Allard wrote:

> > :ASCII:: [American Standard Code for Information Interchange]
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >  #
> >     Common: number sign; pound; pound sign; hash; sharp; {crunch}; hex;
> >     [mesh].  Rare: grid; cross-hatch; oc-to-thorpe; flash; <square>,
> >     pig-pen; tic-tac-toe; scratchmark; thud; thump; {splat}.
> >
> > [...]
> 
> 
> Note that the Jargon File doesn't list "#" as a "hatch" at all, and calls
> "cross-hatch" is rare.

A friend of mine calls this "the little fence"; this was coined by a 
clueless client who logged in as root, but didn't know what to do next.  
As in "Ok, I am at the little fence, what now?"

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