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.

Mac OS X	in Character Palette, search for MULTIPLICATION SIGN
HTML, SGML, XML	`×` and `×`
Microsoft Windows	`Alt Gr+` `Alt`+`0215` `Alt`+`00D7`
Unix-like	`Alt`+`⇧ Shift`+`;` for × `Alt`+`.` for · `Compose` `X` `X` for ×
OpenOffice.org	times
TeX	`\times`
Unicode	U+00D7

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