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Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
 
What is this thing called? @ I know it means 'at', but what is it called? Like, for example, this '&' is an ampersand, but does this, '@', have a name?
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
I've only ever heard it called "the 'at' sign" even in classes I've taken. I don't know if it has another name.

FG
 

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Posted by Yank (Member # 2514) on :
 
Tom?
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
I think it prefers to go by "Thomas", actually.
 

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Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
 
For some reason, I'm thinking it might be called an apersan (sp?) But then again, since they released me I've been thinking a lot of things.

space opera
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 

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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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Farmgirl
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
*I* call it "at" or "at sign" or "at symbol".
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
An interesting tidbit -- they recently added @ to morse code -- the first update of morse code in a *long* time.
 

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Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
 
Yeah, my next guess was gonna be cabbage.

space opera
 

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Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
 
We call that arobase.
 

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Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :
 
the Commercial At
Satyagraha
 

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Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
 
I had no idea it was that old.
 

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