It is called the bell character because the sound used to be a bell? Melchoir 03:26, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- Yes; as I recall, teletypewriters ("teletypes" or TTYs) had electromechanical bells, and receiving a "bell" character would cause the TTY to strike the bell with the hammer via a solenoid. To maintain backward compatibility, video display terminals (VDTs) that replaced TTYs included speakers or buzzers to perform the same function, as did the personal computers that followed. - Johnlogic (talk) 18:19, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
Instead of using control-B (for "bell"), do you reckon that control-G could have been selected to ring the "gong"? - Johnlogic (talk) 18:19, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
- I'm pretty sure that there would be no need for a gong on a computer. 70.234.133.108 (talk) 04:51, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Would including the actual '�' character in the article cause a "ding" when it loaded? 65.96.201.130 (talk) 02:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
- Only if displayed on a TTY or similar. 24.205.46.147 (talk) 08:10, 19 March 2010 (UTC)