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>  Name used in many places (DEC, IBM, and others) for the
>     asterisk ("*") character (ASCII 0101010). This may derive
>         from the "squashed-bug" appearance of the asterisk on many
>             early line printers.

Funny: I thought a "splat" was the cloverleaf symbol on the "Command" key
of a Macintosh keyboard.

--
JHHL



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