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What do you call the @ symbol used in e-mail addresses?

2006-08-29 12:23:25 · 13 answers · asked by Pisces 2 in Education & Reference Trivia

That little "a" with a circle curling around it that is found in email addresses is most commonly referred to as the "at" symbol.

Surprisingly though, there is no official, universal name for this sign. There are dozens of strange terms to describe the @ symbol.
Name some please

2006-08-29 12:30:48 · update #1

13 answers

Before the internet was even thought of it was purely a mathematical symbol referred to and understood to simply mean "at". This meaning of the @ symbol will never change in this regard.

However, you have asked specifically about the correct name that is ascribed to its usage as part of an internet address and it would appear that there is none. The pronunciation of "at" is the natural and most intuitively logical result of encountering this symbol and it has now passed into general usage.

2006-08-29 15:34:16 · answer #1 · answered by galopin_1872 3 · 0 0

at, address, each.
Ray Tomilinson first used it in email addresses around 1972

2006-08-29 20:23:21 · answer #2 · answered by Mark Antony 3 · 0 0

The symbol means "at."

2006-08-29 22:45:05 · answer #3 · answered by puma 6 · 0 0

The at sign!

2006-08-29 20:44:04 · answer #4 · answered by MLC 3 · 0 0

official name is "commercial at" under the ANSI/CCITT/Unicode system.
Other names include ampersat, asperand, ape, apothrope, arroba, cabbage, arobase, cat, cinnabun or cinnamon bun, commercial symbol, cyclone.

2006-08-29 19:35:39 · answer #5 · answered by Toyman 3 · 2 0

It is called an "at sign"

2006-08-29 19:55:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It is commonly known as an ampersand.

2006-08-29 22:34:00 · answer #7 · answered by CARL Z 2 · 0 0

i usually call it the 'at sign', or asperand, or mercantile symbol if i want to confuse people.

2006-08-29 19:52:41 · answer #8 · answered by kengoward 3 · 1 0

@
It means 'at' in English
It means 'arroba' in Spanish

2006-08-29 22:44:25 · answer #9 · answered by spyblitz 7 · 0 0

commercial at

2006-08-29 21:37:55 · answer #10 · answered by colombianqt2112 2 · 0 0

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