The term 'star symbol' is often used to refer to the ASTERISK (*), which is an eight-letter symbol that looks like a star. It is commonly used in writing and mathematics to denote multiplication, as well as to indicate footnotes or omitted words. In computing, it is used to denote wildcards in search queries, and in programming languages, it is used to denote pointers. The ASTERISK is also used in many other contexts, such as to mark important items in lists, to indicate corrections in documents, and to denote a footnote or comment.