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From: janw@cs.ruu.nl (Jan Willems)
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Subject: Question: Origin of the '@' character?
Date: 12 Oct 1994 14:42:31 -0500
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Dear netters,

	My question is the following:

	What is the origin of the '@' character?

	
	This question was placed by a caller to the dutch 
	wetenschaps-telefoon, an institute, working with volunteers,
	that trying to answer questions of almost any kind.


	Thanks for your reply.

	Regards,
	Jan Willems.

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