2006-12-07 01:57:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
... the µ letter is from the Greek alphabet. I am half Greek and half German and use a German computer and keyboard. It just seems like such an odd thing to have on the keyboard. I am thinking it may indeed be for use in science for micro.
2006-12-07 02:14:57 · update #1
Oh, yes you're right, there it is! (took me a while to find it on mine!)
µ is a frequently used variable in mathematics. Well, at least in maths at school, we used µ a lot. (I didn't use a computer back then though.)
Oh, and a bit more precisely: In statistics, µ stands for the average value.
2006-12-07 02:17:47 · answer #1 · answered by s 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Never noticed it when I was working in an office in Germany. Apparently it can be used for a whole range of things in statistics and physics, so that could be why. Maybe you'd be better asking your question on German Yahoo Answers (Yahoo Clever) though - they might have more of an idea than English-speakers! It's certainly not a German letter or punctuation.
The ¤ sign, by the way, is a currency symbol that you use when the real character is unavailable.
2006-12-07 01:59:34 · answer #2 · answered by jammycaketin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we Germans are SO smart and use it the entire time, for all our complicated mathematician stuff. Actually I dont know why, but it appears when you press CTRL & ALT & M.
2006-12-07 05:08:08 · answer #3 · answered by dorotti 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i read from a book that German language is blend of Greek and English alphabets
so it is a deutch word
2006-12-07 02:22:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Keine Ahnung...
2006-12-07 03:59:48 · answer #5 · answered by Devmeister 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe it is a letter of their alphabet or a number or a punctuation.
2006-12-07 02:06:34 · answer #6 · answered by champmagie1 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
as well as on a french one!
it means micro
like µm=micron
2006-12-07 02:00:14 · answer #7 · answered by funguyfr19 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
and why a ¤ key?
thanks for the ¤ explanation.
2006-12-07 02:02:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's a German letter why do you think?
2006-12-07 02:05:42 · answer #9 · answered by notsopresident 2 · 0⤊ 8⤋