"figure used in printing and writing to indicate footnote, omission, etc.," late 14c., asterich, asterisc, from Late Latin asteriscus, from Greek asterikos "little star," diminutiv [..]

A typographical symbol (*) that linguists use to show a hypothetical, abnormal, or nonoccurring form. For instance, *dwo is a hypothetical reconstruction of the Indo-European word for two. It probably [..]

(1) Also called a star, a punctuation mark denoted by a 5- or 6-pointed snowflake shape (*). In many operating systems and applications, the asterisk is used as a wildcard symbol to represent any stri [..]

Asterisk is open-source framework for developing communications programs. What it can do is turn a computer into a communications service. It can power PBX, VoIP gateways and custom devices.     ‹

The * character, occasionally also called ‘star’. Used to indicate a footnote, or (esp. in computing) mathematical multiplication.

(n) a star-shaped character * used in printing(v) mark with an asterisk

Asterisk (*) as a price addendum = small amounts could not be traded in whole or in part