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A New Name for Touch Tone Phones
Originally bellabs wanted pretty shapes on the two extra buttons. A t and t didn't know what to call this button in their manuals. Some people, including keith houston, consider the symbol's official name,. The octothorpe one day i was out with my engineering partner, and thought, maybe we should come up with new name.
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