Did You Know About The origins Symbol @ in E-mail?

The presence of e-mail or electronic mail facilitate our work, especially to send files quickly. In an e-mail, we use the symbol @ or people who read 'at '. However, do you know the origin of the symbol is so simple but important is it?

In 1972, an taciturn engineer named Ray Tomlison who success send first e-mails between two machines . At that time he chose to use the symbol @. The reason was simple, because he thought the symbol was quite helpful because a similar letter 'a' to address or institution address of e-mail owner in question. since then continued to wear the symbol @ until now.

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