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The asterisk (*) is a star-shaped symbol used in writing and printing, typically appearing with five to eight points depending on whether it's typed or handwritten. It serves practical purposes like marking footnotes, censoring offensive language, and in mathematics and computer science where it's often spoken aloud as "star."
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- Unicode code point
- 002A
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- Asterisks
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- *
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- ASTERISK
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Asterisk (*) är en symbol som påminner om en stjärna. Ordet kommer från latinets asteriscus av grekiskans asteriskos, "liten stjärna".
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