What is the meaning of the "§" symbol (on the upper left corner of the mac keyboard)? The title says it all, but I'll repeat it here:

What is the meaning of the "§" symbol (on the upper left corner of the mac keyboard) as highlighted  in the image here?

Apparently, this is not printed on mac keyboards sold in the US, though it is on models sold in Europe (or Israel, in my case).
"§" is the section sign, as answered by @Lizzan.

Excerpt from Wikipedia:


  The section sign (§) is a typographical character used mainly to refer to a particular section of a document, such as a legal code. It is also called "double S" and "sectional symbol".
  It is also sometimes used to link to a footnote where the asterisk (*) is already in use on a given page.