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  • vishnu priya

    Member • Dec 7, 2009

    actually as everyone knows @ stands for "at" but then there are no other symbols to represent "in" or some other words like that.,so i think they may use @. am not sure.,:neutral: :hehehe: 😛
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  • sarveshgupta

    Member • Dec 8, 2009

    Nice question madhu.. never thought about that
    but i hope we have to ask it to somebody like the inventor of mail or so
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  • kumar_nitin

    Member • Dec 8, 2009

    according to me, Mr.Vishnu is right,
    what a strange thing is this that we all use it daily but never thought about that..
    nice question Mr.Madhu..
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  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Administrator • Dec 8, 2009

    Well, in order to understand the importance of '@' sign; you must understand how email works.

    I may explain it in a different article. But just to answer the question; '@' sign helps in connecting the 'domain' to the account identity.

    That is, admin @ crazyengineers dot com - refers to an account called 'admin' on the domain 'crazyengineers.com'.
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  • madhumurundi

    Member • Dec 8, 2009

    thanks for ALL of you.. for your valuable Comments.. i expect more number of CE's to discuss about it..... 😁
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  • Pechu

    Member • Dec 9, 2009

    [ The '@' symbol in email addresses was chosen by Tomlinson, who worked for Bolt Bernek and Newman(BBN)--> the company chosen by the United States Defense Department to build the first internet, way back in 1968. Its because he wanted a keyboard character that didn't occur in people's names. It is said that he spent just 30-40 seconds to think up the choice of symbol. ] source : internet, random search.
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    I think its just to distinguish the id from the domain. Technically, #-Link-Snipped-# gave you information. 😎
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  • madhumurundi

    Member • Dec 9, 2009

    Pechu
    [ The '@' symbol in email addresses was chosen by Tomlinson, who worked for Bolt Bernek and Newman(BBN)--> the company chosen by the United States Defense Department to build the first internet, way back in 1968. Its because he wanted a keyboard character that didn't occur in people's names. It is said that he spent just 30-40 seconds to think up the choice of symbol. ] source : internet, random search.
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    I think its just to distinguish the id from the domain. Technically, #-Link-Snipped-# gave you information. 😎
    Good Information 😁
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  • Sahithi Pallavi

    Member • Dec 9, 2009

    Very nice question madhu

    and

    Very nice answer pechu and Biggie..!
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  • Gurjeet Singh

    Member • Dec 9, 2009

    nice information 😀
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  • madhumurundi

    Member • Dec 9, 2009

    sahithi pallavi
    Very nice question madhu

    and

    Very nice answer pechu and Biggie..!
    Thank you Pallavi 😁😁😁
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  • Pechu

    Member • Dec 9, 2009

    Thank you Madhu, Sahithi and Cool dude 😀
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  • madhumurundi

    Member • Dec 9, 2009

    Pechu
    Thank you Madhu, Sahithi and Cool dude 😀
    Welcome Pechu 😁😁
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  • Sahithi Pallavi

    Member • Dec 9, 2009

    you are welcome madhu, pechu...!
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  • Saandeep Sreerambatla

    Member • Dec 9, 2009

    Thanks for the information guys!!


    Good Question I never thought of it.

    Does the period(.) operator also have some significance?
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  • heart_vs_brain

    Member • Dec 9, 2009

    It is a good question madhu
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  • addurisathvik

    Member • Dec 15, 2009

    Good Question 😀
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  • Manish Goyal

    Member • Dec 18, 2009

    Pechu
    [ The '@' symbol in email addresses was chosen by Tomlinson, who worked for Bolt Bernek and Newman(BBN)--> the company chosen by the United States Defense Department to build the first internet, way back in 1968. Its because he wanted a keyboard character that didn't occur in people's names. It is said that he spent just 30-40 seconds to think up the choice of symbol. ] source : internet, random search.
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    I think its just to distinguish the id from the domain. Technically, #-Link-Snipped-# gave you information. 😎
    nice information pechu....have you got this information from google
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  • ravikiran18

    Member • Feb 21, 2010

    intresting topic
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  • Pechu

    Member • Mar 5, 2010

    Yes Goyal, i googled it !
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  • Nikhil Lokhande

    Member • Mar 15, 2011

    nice info....
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  • Deepika Bansal

    Member • Mar 25, 2011

    Thanks for the information Peechu.
    I was just wondering that there are few more symbols that can be used instead of '@' for the same reason stated above. For example '^', '~', '`' etc. Why didn't they used any of them.? (Just a thought..😒)
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