What @ symbol stands for?

Answer 1

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Symbol @:
1. The symbol for the word at
2. The strudel, asperand, at sign, or at symbol.
3. (computing): The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address.
4. (computing): (IRC) The prefix symbol that identifies a channel operator.

The @ sign probably surfaced in the Middle Ages, perhaps as an eighth century contemporary of the question mark. That would make the @ much older than symbols such as the £ sign or the apostrophe which made their marks in the 16th century.
But in 1884, the @ symbol was affixed to the Caligraph No. 3 Commercial model (a type-writer).
In the 70's, in the offices of computer company Bolt, Beranek & Newman, a programmer named Ray Tomlinson surveyed the keyboard on his Model-33 Teletype (Ray Tomlinson sent the first electronic message, now known as e-mail).
Its most familiar modern use (in English) is in e-mail addresses and used in various programming languages...

Answer 2

@ stands for 'at'
It's a typographic symbol most commonly used as an abbreviation in accounting and commercial invoices, in statements such as "7 widgets @ $2 ea. = $14". More recently, the at symbol has become ubiquitous due to its use in email addresses. It has the official name 'commercial at' in the ANSI/CCITT/Unicode character encoding standards.

Answer 3

stands for 'at', but interestingly before the advent of the internet this symbol would have been described as 'around'

Answer 4

The only thing this stands for is "at".

Answer 5

it stands for the word at

Answer 6

Before email, it was used in accounting/maths/retailing eg 2 dozen @ 10p = £2.40

Answer 7

it stands for at

Answer 8

stands for at as @yahoo.co.uk
or 5 hours @ £6.00 = £30.00

Answer 9

Yep,all of you above are right, although i have to admit, i was looking for the idiot who may have got it wrong!

Answer 10

the @ sign means at. You know how people would say [e-mail] they say person at comcast dot net