* redirects here. For other uses, see Asterisk (disambiguation) and * (disambiguation).
For the comic book series, see Asterix.
*
Asterisk
In Unicode
U+002A*ASTERISK (*, *)
Related
See also
U+203B※REFERENCE MARK (komejirushi) U+A673꙳SLAVONIC ASTERISK
Look up * or asterisk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
The asterisk (/ˈæstərɪsk/*), from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος, asteriskos, "little star",[1][2] is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star.
Computer scientists and mathematicians often vocalize it as star (as, for example, in the A* search algorithm or C*-algebra). An asterisk is usually five- or six-pointed in print and six- or eight-pointed when handwritten, though more complex forms exist. Its most common use is to call out a footnote. It is also often used to censor offensive words.
In computer science, the asterisk is commonly used as a wildcard character, or to denote pointers, repetition, or multiplication.
^"asterisk" Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, American Heritage Dictionary
^ἀστερίσκος Archived 2021-01-17 at the Wayback Machine, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
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