what does count(*)>2 mean?>?

SELECT ITEM#,SUM(QTY) FROM ORD_ITEMS GROUP BY ITEM#
HAVING COUNT(*)>2;

what does this count(*)>2 mean?>?

SELECT * FROM ORD_ITEMS ;

ORD# ITEM# QTY
101 HW1 100
101 HW3 50
101 SW1 150
101 SW1 150
102 HW2 10
103 HW3 50
104 HW2 25
104 HW3 100
105 SW1 100

9 rows selected.

SELECT ITEM#,SUM(QTY) FROM ORD_ITEMS GROUP BY ITEM#
HAVING COUNT(*)>2;

ITEM# SUM(QTY)
HW3 200
SW1 400

@mightyganesh

it returns the items which occur more than twice

YA I ALSO THOUGHT THE SAME
HW2 also appears twice in the table! so it must also be displayed! but it is not!

the condition is "count(*)>2". HW2 appears only twice, it fails the condition. tatsy not displayed.