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From: rh@mit-eddi.UUCP (Randy Haskins)
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Subject: Re: Re: What is the # called? - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 24-Jun-83 02:11:20 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 24 02:11:20 1983
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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