1984: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
This is off-topic, but I've always wanted to bring this up with fellow geeks... Integer code of the asterisk ('*') ASCII character is 42, which, is the answer to life, the universe and everything. The asterisk character is used as a wildcard character to indicate anything and everything.<p>Adams never revealed the origin of 42. [0] So, just because we really don't know, I'd like to think it originates with ASCII table and the asterisk.<p>0 - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/feb/03/douglas-adams-42-hitchhiker" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/feb/03/douglas-adams-...</a>