What_does_this_mean?

[mangeorge]

The "underlines" between words, usually in names?
Peace,
mangeorge

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I only know two things;
I know what I need to know
And
I know what I want to know
Mangeorge, 2000

[Patty O'Furniture]

Some sites don't permit users to register screen names that contain spaces, so instead of signing up as Cecil Adams, you'd have to resort to Cecil_Adams or CecilAdams.

I don't know what the technical reasons are for this, but it's quite common. I had to use the underscore-instead-of-space in screen names for my Yahoo mailbox & a few other sites. I was surprised to see it was not a requirement of this message board..

[tomndebb]

A different application, but based on the same software issues, occurs on many newsgroups. They do not have software to support bolding or italics, so they either use *asterisks* or _underscores_ to set off text such as book titles and magazine articles.

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Tom~

[Jois]

Even though I have seen *this* used many times it still looks wrong_and_I_keep_waiting-for something else to happen.

Plus my typing skills are marginal and * and _ really slow me down!

Glad SDMB doesn't require it!


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Are you driving with your eyes open or are you using The Force? - A. Foley

[mangeorge]

Well thanks, y'all. Kinda obvious, once you know. I, too, am glad it's not needed here.
Peace,
mangeorge

[Jois]

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Tee hee!

[AskNott]

My computer teacher kept pronouncing * as "ass-te-rick." Not wanting to embarrass her in front of the class, I told her during a break to remember the quote, "I regret that I have but one asterisk for my country."

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AskNott

"Measure twice, cut once. Dang! Measure again, cut again.