揭开quot;@quot;符号起源之谜(图)
</p><p> <span word="That">That</span> <span word="little">little</span> "<span word="a">a</span>" <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="circle">circle</span> <span word="curling">curling</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="email">email</span> <span word="addresses">addresses</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="commonly">commonly</span> <span word="referred">referred</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="at">at</span>" <span word="symbol">symbol</span>。</p><p> 小写字母“<span word="a">a</span>”外加个圆圈，这一符号常出现在<span word="email">email</span>(电子邮件)地址中，通常是作为“<span word="at">at</span>”(在)的标记。</p><p> <span word="Surprisingly">Surprisingly</span> <span word="though">though</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="official">official</span>, <span word="universal">universal</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="sign">sign</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="dozens">dozens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="strange">strange</span> <span word="terms">terms</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="describe">describe</span> <span word="the">the</span> @ <span word="symbol">symbol</span>。</p><p>然而令人感到惊奇的是，这一标记居然没有官方的，通用的名称。有几十个奇怪的术语用来描绘@这一符号。</p><p> <span word="Before">Before</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="standard">standard</span> <span word="symbol">symbol</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="electronic">electronic</span> <span word="mail">mail</span>, <span word="the">the</span> @ <span word="symbol">symbol</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="represent">represent</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="weight">weight</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="something">something</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="instance">instance</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="purchased">purchased</span> 6 <span word="apples">apples</span>, <span word="you">you</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="write">write</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="as">as</span> 6 <span word="apples">apples</span> @ $1.10 <span word="each">each</span>。</p><p> @这一符号在成为电子邮件的标准符号之前，曾被用来表示物品的单价或质量。例如，你买6只苹果。就可以写成：六只苹果，每只@$1.10，表示每只苹果1.10美元。</p><p> <span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="introduction">introduction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="e">e</span>-<span word="mail">mail</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="popularity">popularity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> @ <span word="symbol">symbol</span>. <span word="The">The</span> @ <span word="symbol">symbol</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="at">at</span> <span word="sign">sign</span>" <span word="separates">separates</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="person">person</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="user">user</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="mail">mail</span> <span word="server">server</span> <span word="address">address</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="instance">instance</span>,<span word="joe">joe</span>@<span word="uselessknowledge">uselessknowledge</span>.<span word="com">com</span>. <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="widespread">widespread</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Internet">Internet</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="necessary">necessary</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="symbol">symbol</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="keyboards">keyboards</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="symbol">symbol</span> <span word="before">before</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="result">result</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="symbol">symbol</span>。</p>
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