Short message sign pronunciation

The @ symbol used to have two meanings in English, namely "in" or "unit price". Its former meaning is often used as a synonym for "existence" because its pronunciation is similar to that of English at. For example, the English note "Wait at school tomorrow morning" became "Wait You @ SchoolMorning". Besides at, it has every meaning, so "@" is often used to represent the unit price symbol of goods.

Ray Tonlinson, an American computer engineer, established the position of @ in e-mail and gave the symbol @ a new meaning. In 197 1, he was ordered to find a computer address format that would make it convenient for users to send emails. "@" has been selected because it will not be a duplicate of a person's name. In the e-mail address format, "@" separates the person's name from the computer address, so that the file will not be misread when it is transmitted in the network. The pronunciation of "@" is somewhat similar to the pronunciation of "at", which means "in ……" when used in e-mail address format. "@" thus entered the computer network.

The e-mail format designed by Tonlinson is "name code+computer host or company code+nature code of the organization to which the computer host belongs+two-letter international code". This is the e-mail address format we are using now, in which the user name and computer address are separated by "@" symbol, so that e-mail can be transmitted accurately through the network.

The @ symbol used to have two meanings in English, namely "in" or "unit price". Its former meaning is often used as a synonym for "existence" because its pronunciation is similar to that of English at. For example, the English note "Wait at school tomorrow morning" became "Wait You @ SchoolMorning". Besides at, it has every meaning, so "@" is often used to represent the unit price symbol of goods.

Ray Tonlinson, an American computer engineer, established the position of @ in e-mail and gave the symbol @ a new meaning. In 197 1, he was ordered to find a computer address format that would make it convenient for users to send emails. "@" has been selected because it will not be a duplicate of a person's name. In the e-mail address format, "@" separates the person's name from the computer address, so that the file will not be misread when it is transmitted in the network. The pronunciation of "@" is somewhat similar to the pronunciation of "at", which means "in ……" when used in e-mail address format. "@" thus entered the computer network.

The e-mail format designed by Tonlinson is "name code+computer host or company code+nature code of the organization to which the computer host belongs+two-letter international code". This is the e-mail address format we are using now, in which the user name and computer address are separated by "@" symbol, so that e-mail can be transmitted accurately through the network.