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The star shaped symbol on your daily use keyboard '*' is called an Asterisk.

In computer science it is used for denoting a pointer and as a symbol of multiplication. In social medias an asterisk is used to bold a set of letters. Usually it is the symbol of multiplication.

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Contains straight lines, Has crossing lines.

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