Before you have the Internet, you probably won't pay attention to the strange symbols on the keyboard as well as their history.
Rosette button (*)
This symbol appears in every alphabet, it even appears in the Bible. This symbol can replace any character in the alphabet. In some programming languages, it is used as a separate working code with instructions.
Item icons, sections (§)
When reading any document, you can easily recognize this symbol. It means that a new part in the document will start from here. In some games like Sim City 3, this symbol also means money.
The bizarre symbols on the keyboard have a rather interesting history
USD symbol ($)
This symbol is said to have appeared in the US only a few centuries after the country gained independence from the British colonialists. There are two theories for the appearance of this symbol: some people assume that this is the simplicity of the U overlaying the letter S. While some people assume that this symbol is the result of mixing the S with peso. Anyway, this symbol is being used a lot while trading foreign currencies.
Copyright icon (©)
This is a 'pure American' creation. When the US Senate passed the copyright law in 1909, there was a lot of debate over how to show that their work is copyright protected. Finally the solution to choose the letter C in the circle is accepted.
Symbol &
This is the symbol in shorthand. It is synonymous with the word 'and' . This symbol has existed before Jesus was born. It is made up of combining the words 'e' and 't' into 'et' , meaning 'and' in Latin.
Over the two millennia, the symbols have changed a lot and until now there are still many symbol variations.
