Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddi!rh From: rh@mit-eddi.UUCP (Randy Haskins) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Re: What is the # called? - (nf) Message-ID: <302@mit-eddi.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Jun-83 02:11:20 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.302 Posted: Fri Jun 24 02:11:20 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jun-83 22:57:29 EDT References: tty3b.128 Lines: 7 I worked at Telecredit (electronic check and plastic card approval. Really interesting stuff.) a few years ago, and they called the '#' on their phones 'flash.' (The '*' was, of course, star.) It was used for certain phone operations, sort of like an escape sequence. --Randy rh@Mit-eddie