Your search - * - did not match any resources.
Asterisk
![The asteriskos used in an early Greek papyrus.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Asteriskos.jpg)
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. Provided by Wikipedia