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The \u201cat\u201d, @ sign was used by Ray Tomlinson to distinguish emails from users on other computers from the ones composed by people on the same computer as himself .<\/em>It was chosen because it wasn\u2019t commonly used anymore, but still a standard symbol on the keyboard. An email address was something like bob@computer2 (the .com part was added much later).<\/p>\n Different languages have different (sometimes interesting and very descriptive) names for the @ sign –<\/p>\n English<\/strong>: \u201cat sign\u201d,\u201dat the rate\u201d, \u201cat symbol\u201d, \u201cat mark\u201d, \u201ccommercial at\u201d, \u201ccyclips\u201d, \u201campersat\u201d and \u201casperand\u201d; Other languages nickname it \u201cmouse\u2019s tail,\u201d \u201csleeping cat,\u201d \u201clittle duck,\u201d \u201cdog,\u201d and \u201clittle worm.\u201d\u00a0For an extensive list and history on the @ sign, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n The first e-mail\u00a0from space\u00a0was sent in 1991. The crew of STS-43 Atlantis used an Apple pc to transmit the following:<\/p>\n \u201cHello Earth! Greetings from the STS-43 Crew. This is the first AppleLink from space. Having a GREAT time, wish you were here\u2026 send cryo and RCS! Hasta la vista, baby\u2026 we\u2019ll be back!\u201d<\/p>\n Who says scientists don’t have a sense of humour?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SOURCES:\u00a0http:\/\/blog.emailaddressmanager.com<\/a>,\u00a0http:\/\/mashable.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0& www.wikipedia.org<\/p>\n <\/p>\n … `n w\u00eareld sonder e-pos. Eintlik was dit nie so lank gelede nie. Suid-Afrika was ietwat stadiger as die res van die w\u00eareld en ons het eers teen die middel 90’s blootstelling gekry aan e-pos en die internet. Dis alreeds ongeveer 17 jaar gelede.<\/p>\n Die eerste e-pos is in 1971 gestuur deur Ray Tomlinson. Die boodskap is gestuur na die rekenaar direk langs die een waarvan Tomlinson die oorspronklike boodskap gestuur het. \u00a0Voorheen kom e-posse slegs gestuur word na persone wat dieselfde rekenaar gebruik het. Tomlinson was nie oorspronklik betrokke by die e-pos projek nie, maar was besig om ander toepassings te ontwikkel vir MIT se ARPANET projek (wat onder andere later die Internet ingesluit het). Hy het begin werk aan e-pos omdat dit gelyk het na `n “neat” \u00a0idee. Tomlinson kan self nie onthou waaroor die heel eerste e-pos gegaan het nie, maar hy vermoed dit was iets eenvoudig soos\u00a0\u201ctesting 123\u2033 of \u201cQWERTYUIOP\u201d.<\/p>\n Aanvanklik, soos met meeste nuwe uitvindsels, het niemand gedink dis `n vreeslike opspraakwekkende projek nie Jerry Burchfield, `n kollega van Tomlison het inderwaarheid ges\u00ea hulle moet vir niemand daarvan s\u00ea nie, want eintlik is hulle veronderstel om ander werk te doen! \u00a0As jy wil lees wat Tomlinson self te s\u00ea het oor \u00a0sy betrokkenheid by die e-pos verskynsel, kliek hier.<\/a><\/p>\n Die \u201cat\u201d, @ teken is aanvanklik gebruik deur Ray Tomlinson om e-posse van persone op ander rekenaars te onderskei van die wat hy op sy plaaslike rekenaar saamgestel het. Dis bloot gekies omdat dit `n standaard simbool op die sleutelbord was wat nie meer so gereeld gebruik is nie. Die eerste e-posadresse het dus net bestaan uit iets soos bob@computer2. Die .com deel is eers baie later bygevoeg.<\/p>\n Verskillende take het verskillende (en soms interessante en beskrywende) name vir die @ teken –<\/p>\n Engels<\/strong>: \u201cat sign\u201d,\u201dat the rate\u201d, \u201cat symbol\u201d, \u201cat mark\u201d, \u201ccommercial at\u201d, \u201ccyclips\u201d, \u201campersat\u201d en \u201casperand\u201d<\/p>\n Frans:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201carobase\u201d of soms \u201carrobe\u201d of \u201carobe\u201d<\/p>\n Nederlands<\/strong>: \u00a0apestaart<\/em><\/p>\n Duits:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cat symbol\u201d of \u201cspider monkey\u201d<\/p>\n Sjinees:<\/strong>\u201clittle mouse\u201d<\/p>\n Spaans<\/strong>\u00a0en\u00a0Portugees<\/strong>: dis die simbool vir\u00a0arroba<\/em>, `n veroudernde gewigseenheid (~25 pond of 11.3 kilogram)<\/p>\n Italiaans:\u00a0<\/strong>chiocciolina<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 klein slakkie<\/p>\n Sweeds:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0snabel-a<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 \u201cA\u201d met `n olifant se slurp<\/p>\n Ander tale se byname sluit in \u00a0\u201cmouse\u2019s tail,\u201d \u201csleeping cat,\u201d \u201clittle duck,\u201d \u201cdog,\u201d and \u201clittle worm.\u201d\u00a0Vir `n meer volledige lys van name en geskiedenis van die @ teken,\u00a0kliek hier.<\/a><\/p>\n Die eerste e-pos wat uit die buiteruim gestuur is, is gestuur in 1991. Die bemanning van die STS-43 Atlantis het vanaf `n Apple-rekenaar die volgende boodskap gestuur:<\/p>\n \u201cHello Earth! Greetings from the STS-43 Crew. This is the first AppleLink from space. Having a GREAT time, wish you were here\u2026 send cryo and RCS! Hasta la vista, baby\u2026 we\u2019ll be back!\u201d. Wie’t ges\u00ea wetenskaplikes het nie `n sin vir humor nie?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SOURCES:\u00a0http:\/\/blog.emailaddressmanager.com<\/a>,\u00a0http:\/\/mashable.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0& www.wikipedia.org<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" … there was a world without email. Actually this wasn’t too long ago. South Africa was a bit slower than the rest of the world and most of us were only exposed to the email and the internet around the mid 90’s. This was approximately 17 years ago already. 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French:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201carobase\u201d or sometimes \u201carrobe\u201d or \u201carobe\u201d;
Dutch<\/strong>: the apestaart<\/em>\u00a0 -\u201c(little) monkey-tail\u201d;
German:<\/strong>\u00a0the \u201cat symbol\u201d or \u201cspider monkey\u201d;
Chinese:<\/strong>\u00a0the \u201clittle mouse\u201d;
Spanish<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Portuguese<\/strong>\u00a0it is the symbol for\u00a0arroba<\/em>, an archaic unit of weight (~25 pounds or 11.3 kilograms).
Italian:\u00a0<\/strong>chiocciolina<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 small snail.
Swedish:<\/strong> \u00a0snabel-a<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 \u201cA\u201d with an elephant\u2019s trunk.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n