Symbol names

[stuporous intnendent]

What is the name of the '@' symbol? For example:

# octothorpe
^ caret
& ampersand
* asterisk

But what's that pesky '@' thing called? Can anyone enlighten me? Got names for any other symbols?

[Gunslinger]

"at"

[Meephead]

Ia m with Gunslinger on that. I have always heard it referred to as "The at sign"

[tomndebb]

"At" and "business at" are the two terms I've seen used most often. We have had more than one thread on this, but doing a search for @ gives an error and searching for "at" brings back 90% of the posts on the board, so it's a bit hard to find.

I have never seen a special name applied to it (such as the never-used "octothorp" for the American "pound" or British "hash" symbol).

[Celyn]

I'm another one who only knows it as the "at" sign, but I am now really pleased because I had never met the term "octothorpe" before. So, hello, stuporous intnendent, and thank you for inadvertently fighting my ignorance. ( I don't enjoy spelling your name though. :)

[bibliophage]

It is called the atmark (one word) or "at symbol" or, more recently, ampersat. A previous thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32917