who invented the sign @ for emails, and why? it is utility for something?

Question

please helpme

Answer 1

@ has been around longer than emails. It means "at".

Answer 2

The '@' sign wasn't invented for emails:

The History of the @ Sign

In 1972, Ray Tomlinson sent the first electronic message, now known as e-mail, using the @ symbol to indicate the location or institution of the e-mail recipient. Tomlinson, using a Model 33 Teletype device, understood that he needed to use a symbol that would not appear in anyone's name so that there was no confusion. The logical choice for Tomlinson was the "at sign," both because it was unlikely to appear in anyone's name and also because it represented the word "at," as in a particular user is sitting @ this specific computer.

However, before the symbol became a standard key on typewriter keyboards in the 1880s and a standard on QWERTY keyboards in the 1940s, the @ sign had a long if somewhat sketchy history of use throughout the world. Linguists are divided as to when the symbol first appeared. Some argue that the symbol dates back to the 6th or 7th centuries when Latin scribes adapted the symbol from the Latin word ad, meaning at, to or toward. The scribes, in an attempt to simplify the amount of pen strokes they were using . . . (see link below)

Answer 3

Ray Tomlinson, who worked for the ARPANet (the first Internet) is credited with writing the first e-mail program. He choose the @ sign because it was the only key that did not already have a function assigned to it on the mainframe computer systen he was using. It also "made sense" because you are sending the e-mail to someone "at" domain whatever.

Answer 4

Ray Tomlinson introduced the use of @ in e-mail in 1972. It means 'at'.

Answer 5

@ was originally developed for short hand; a type of writing secretarys used when taking dictation. It means "at" and supposedly @ was easier and quicker to write.

Answer 6

Have you tried looking it up on the Internet? I guess it would be difficult to find, but surely there's something on there. God bless.

Answer 7

I dont know anything about it...