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() is not an asterisk. It is a pair of rounded brackets called parentheses. An asterisk is this symbol *.

Asterisk comes from the Latin word "asteriscus" and and the Ancient Greek word "asteriskos" which means "little star". It is called this because an asterisk resembles a typical star.

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