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What is the real name of a hashtag?

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posted Sep 5, 2017 by Alicia Thomas

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Its myriad names and its appearance are intertwined. The # symbol is commonly called the pound sign, number sign and more recently the hashtag. It is called the pound sign because the symbol comes from the abbreviation for weight, lb, or “libra pondo” literally “pound by weight” in Latin.

answer Sep 5, 2017 by Azhar Keer
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