4/21    In programming speak we call a # a hash and a ! a bang.  Is there
        a jargon name for ~?
        \_ tilde.
           \_ seconded
        \_ squiggle
        \_ twiddle?
           \_ I concurr.
        \_ I tend to call "#" a pound.
           \_ more discriminating people have tended to call this 'sharp',
              e.g. in K&R. pound is for phones.
              \_ Maybe, but #! being called sharp-bang seems odd.
                 \_ not really. #! is called shebang, which would seem
                    to be a shortening of sharp-bang.
                    \_ Far more often referred to as "hash-bang", shortened
                       to "'sh-bang."  Let's not reference Mr. Hung any more
                       than necessary.  And, btw, the only appropriate place
                       it's called a "sharp" is in music... Fuck C# --scotsman
                       \_ I agree that # is properly called hash. I hate
                          calling it a pound, that's for British currency.
                       \_ Jargon File says:
                           shebang:
                           "The character sequence #! that frequently begins
                           executable shell scripts under Unix. Probably
                           derived from "shell bang"..."
                           In any case, like I said, I think K&R calls it a
                           sharp, and I sure wouldn't trust your judgment
                           over K&R's. Also, I don't care for your "Fuck C#"
                           justification at all -- you sound like a tool.
           \_ Wasn't the original name 'octothorp' coined by the bell
              folks? -saarp
              \_ Surely something so obtuse could only have come from IBM?
        \_ what's @ called?
           \_ yomama
           \_ at.
           \_ In Korean it's called a "snail."
           \_ it's an onion
           \_ cinnamon roll
        \_ What do you call a "*"?
           \_ star
           \_ Splat.
              \_ That's what I call it too, but only Berkeley people seem
                 to use this.