Pronounced at sign or simply as at, this symbol is used in e-mail addressing to separate the user’ name from the user’s domain name, both of which are necessary in order to transmit emails. For example, the e-mail address webmaster@webopedia.com indicates that the user named webmaster receives e-mail “at,” or “@,” the www.webopedia.com domain. More @Wikipedia
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