Number sign
Number sign is a name for the symbol #, which is used for a variety of purposes, including (mainly in Canada and the United States) the designation of a number (for example, "#1" stands for "number one"). On many social media platforms, it is used to declare a searchable metadata tag called a hashtag.
The term number sign is most commonly used when the symbol is used before a number. In the United States and Canada, it is sometimes known as the pound sign (particularly in the context of its use on telephone keypads), and has been traditionally used in the food industry as an abbreviation for pounds avoirdupois. Outside of North America the symbol is called hash and the corresponding telephone key is called the "hash key", and the term "pound sign" usually describes the British currency symbol "£". The symbol is defined in Unicode as U+0023 # NUMBER SIGN (HTML # · as in ASCII).
The symbol may be confused with the musical symbol called sharp (♯). In both symbols, there are two pairs of parallel lines. The main difference is that the number sign has two horizontal strokes while the sharp sign has two slanted parallel lines which must rise from left to right, in order to avoid being obscured by the horizontal musical staff lines. Although the signs are strictly speaking different, one of the names for the telephone number sign key in French is dièse (sharp sign), and the name of the programming language C sharp is usually rendered with a hash symbol rather than the technically correct sharp sign.
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- Drink to Bones That Turn to Dust: A Toast to Oingo Boingo released: 2006
- Rolf Is a Nazi: A SongFight Tribute to The Sound of Music released: 2005
- Song Fight! What We Need More of Is Science released: 2003
- Song Fight! Death Plunge released: 2003
- Song Fight! I Think It's Killing Me released: 2003
- Song Fight! Dinner for One released: 2003
- Song Fight! Totally Digging Your Mom released: 2002
- Song Fight! Back to the Airplanes released: 2002
- Song Fight! Funny Enough for You released: 2002
- Song Fight! Criminal Charges released: 2002
- Song Fight! Postcard released: 2002
- Song Fight! Poison Pill released: 2002
- Song Fight! Bad Dreams released: 2002
- Song Fight! Grandfather Sword released: 2002
- Song Fight! Top Drawer released: 2002
- Song Fight! Hotel released: 2002
- Song Fight! World of Screens released: 2002
- Song Fight! On My Block released: 2002
- Song Fight! Rot to Fill released: 2002
- Song Fight! Floating Bridge released: 2002
- Song Fight! XMAS Cover Fight released: 2001
- Song Fight! Secrets released: 2001
- Song Fight! Experimental Fashion released: 2001
- Song Fight! Indie Rock Bottom released: 2001
- Song Fight! My Sister released: 2001
- Song Fight! Adaptation released: 2001
- Song Fight! Acid Mouth released: 2001
- Song Fight! It's a Shame My Binoculars Don't Work at Night released: 2001
- Song Fight! Snow Globe released: 2001
- Song Fight! Skyline released: 2001
- Song Fight! That's the Spirit released: 2001
- Song Fight! Highway released: 2001
- Song Fight! Alright Alright released: 2001
- Song Fight! Video Night released: 2001
- Song Fight! Is It Cold? released: 2001
- Song Fight! Firecrackers released: 2001
- Song Fight! Tiny Room released: 2001
- Song Fight! Down to the Atom released: 2001
- Song Fight! Birds of Our Own released: 2001
- Song Fight! Do the Math released: 2001
- Song Fight! Watch Your Face released: 2001
- Song Fight! Red Robot released: 2001
- Song Fight! Do It for Captain released: 2001
- Song Fight! I Can See You released: 2001
- Song Fight! Tracks for Future Practice released: 2001
- Song Fight! A Thousand Swords released: 2001
- Song Fight! Been to China released: 2001
Song Fight! What We Need More of Is Science
Released 2003- What We Need More of Is Science
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Song Fight! Experimental Fashion
Released 2001- Experimental Fashion
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Song Fight! It's a Shame My Binoculars Don't Work at Night
Released 2001- It's a Shame My Binoculars Don't Work at Night
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- It's a Shame My Binoculars Don't Work at Night
- It's a Shame My Binoculars Don't Work at Night (feat. Shogz)
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- It's a Shame My Binoculars Don't Work at Night
- It's a Shame My Binoculars Don't Work at Night
- It's a Shame My Binoculars Don't Work at Night (feat. Sparks)
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- It's a Shame My Binoculars Don't Work at Night
Song Fight! Birds of Our Own
Released 2001- Birds of Our Own
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