• number sign, hash, or pound sign. The symbol has historically been used for a wide range of purposes including the designation of an ordinal number and...
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  • In computing, signed number representations are required to encode negative numbers in binary number systems. In mathematics, negative numbers in any base...
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  • The numero sign or numero symbol, № (also represented as Nº, No̱, № , No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word number(s) indicating ordinal...
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    since 1975. In the United States, "pound sign" refers to the symbol # (number sign). In Canada ”pound sign” can mean £ or #. The symbol derives from...
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    In mathematics, the sign of a real number is its property of being either positive, negative, or 0. Depending on local conventions, zero may be considered...
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  • The percent sign % (sometimes per cent sign in British English) is the symbol used to indicate a percentage, a number or ratio as a fraction of 100. Related...
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    Goodman's Fields, instead of signs, the houses are distinguished by numbers". Parts of the Paris suburbs were numbered in the 1720s; the houses in the...
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    or masculine signs, are the six odd-numbered signs of the zodiac: Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius. Positive signs make up the fire...
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  • Unicode[when?] at U+1018A 𐆊 GREEK ZERO SIGN. Alphabetic numeral system – Type of numeral system Attic numerals – Symbolic number notation used by the ancient Greeks...
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    natural sign bears a causal relation to its object—for instance, thunder is a sign of storm, or medical symptoms a sign of disease. A conventional sign signifies...
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  • Sign extension (sometimes abbreviated as sext, particularly in mnemonics) is the operation, in computer arithmetic, of increasing the number of bits of...
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    international telephone number in writing or print, starting with a plus sign ("+") and the country code. When calling an international number from a landline...
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    Kilometer sign 6.13 Kilometer sign 6.13 Kilometer sign (Rosavtodor) 6.14.1 Route number 6.14.1 Route number 6.14.1 Route number 6.14.1 Route number 6.14.2...
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  • greater-than sign is typically placed between two values being compared and signifies that the first number is greater than the second number. Examples of...
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  • The at sign, @, is an accounting and invoice abbreviation meaning "at a rate of" (e.g. 7 widgets @ £2 per widget = £14), now seen more widely in email...
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  • Sharp (music) (redirect from Sharp sign)
    sharp sign, while the number sign (#) may have slanted lines instead.[citation needed] It is also etymologically independent from the number sign. Likewise...
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    the sign of a given real number is positive or negative, or the given number is itself zero. In mathematical notation the sign function is often represented...
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  • the entry name. +    (plus sign) 1.  Denotes addition and is read as plus; for example, 3 + 2. 2.  Denotes that a number is positive and is read as plus...
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  • of signs, described by René Descartes in his La Géométrie, counts the roots of a polynomial by examining sign changes in its coefficients. The number of...
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  • only a fifth that number of deaf people, less than half of whom are fluent in sign, and in addition it is unknown how many different sign languages they...
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  • the less-than sign is typically placed between two values being compared and signifies that the first number is less than the second number. Examples of...
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  • Signed zero is zero with an associated sign. In ordinary arithmetic, the number 0 does not have a sign, so that −0, +0 and 0 are equivalent. However, in...
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    emphasis. The shaka sign is similar to the letter Y in the American manual alphabet in American Sign Language or the sign for number six in the Chinese...
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  • ranked number 474 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone also ranked the song "Thirteen" as number 406 on...
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  • No symbol (🚫), the general prohibition sign Numero sign (№ or No.), a typographic symbol for the word "number" Norwegian language (ISO 639-1 code "no")...
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  • encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters. For other languages and symbol sets (especially...
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    sign Motorway number sign Motorway spur number sign (not an official road sign but it is used) International tunnel number sign State highway number sign...
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  • Records on November 16, 1998. The album contained Carey's then thirteen number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as four new songs. In Japan...
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  • A sign-on (or start-up in Commonwealth countries except Canada) is the beginning of operations for a radio or television station, generally at the start...
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  • the sign bit is a bit in a signed number representation that indicates the sign of a number. Although only signed numeric data types have a sign bit,...
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