Multiplication Sign - in Computer Software

In Computer Software

The × symbol is listed in the Latin-1 Supplement character set and is U+00D7 × multiplication sign (HTML: × ×) in Unicode. It can be invoked in various operating systems as per the table below.

There is a similar character ⨯ at U+2A2F, but this is not always considered identical to U+00D7, as it is intended to explicitly denote the cross product of two vectors.

In computers, the * symbol is often used for multiplication since the ⨯ symbol does not exist on most keyboards.