Did the underscore character exist before modern computers? [closed]
Yes. The underscore appeared first on mechanical typewriters, and was used as a combining glyph to underline text. You would type your text, then move the carriage back the beginning of the word, and type a series of underscores. It was also used to create horizontal “fill in the blank” lines, such as:
Name: ________________ Surname: ________________
You can read more on the Wikipedia article.