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Hash, Number Sign, and Other Random Uses

S m h, would know it more as a number sign or the pound sign. And the u k its often called hash mark, i think, more because of the way it looks than anything else. It's used in chess to represent a move that results in checkmate. Used on swedish maps to mean a lumber yard. The symbol traces back to rome.

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