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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