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I have been trying to figure why and when did we start using the asterisk character (*) to denote required fields on the web. There is little historical content about this out there, but someone pointed out that this design decision appears to predate the web: [I]t predates the web. I've seen instances of an asterisk to indicate a required field on mainframe data entry screens from the 70s. So, it's a pretty old convention. As to where it first showed up or who was the mastermind behind it, I'm...