**

** may refer to:

<code>**</code>, to express exponentiation in some programming languages
<code>**</code>, a pointer to a pointer (or double pointer) in C syntax
<code>**</code>, interpolation of keyword arguments into function calls in Python
<code>**</code>, symbol in astronomical notation representing:
Binary star
Double star
Multiple star
Multiple star system
2018 Winter Paralympics (), whose logo is a pair of vertically side-by-side 1-pointed asterisks

See also