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Please use Ask HN at the beginning of posts like this.

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It was used to replace the apple logo when Jobs saw it sprinkled all over the menus. "Dont use our logo in vain" or something
Oh, Maybe. Thanks for your information.
That is the "command" symbol, from classic Mac OS, denoting a command-key menu equivalent. Various Apple keyboards had it printed on the relevant key.