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"@". ASCII code 64. Common names: at sign; at;
strudel. Rare: each; vortex; whorl; INTERCAL: whirlpool;
cyclone; snail; ape; cat; rose; cabbage; ITU-T: commercial
at.

The @ sign is used in an electronic mail address to separate
the local part from the hostname.

It is ironic that @ has become a trendy mark of Internet
awareness since it is a very old symbol, derived from the
latin preposition "ad" (at).

In Dutch it is called "apestaartje" (little ape-tail). The
French name is "arobase". In Spain and Portugal it denotes a
weight of about 25 pounds, the weight and the symbol are
called "arroba". Italians call it "chiocciola" (snail).

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