凡是使用过电脑的人,恐怕没有谁不知道@的。并且,即使是电脑老手,在使用电脑的时候也常常感到费解:E—mail为什么会和一个不起眼的小记号联系在一起?为什么要用@而不是别的记号?原来,它是由麻省理工学院毕业的电脑工程博士托姆林森(Ray Tomlinson)发明的。托姆林森解释说:“我考虑过使用其他的记号,但只有@没有在任何一个名称中出现过,因此就选择了它,而且看上去效果还不错。” Anyone who has ever used a computer may not know anyone at all. And even veteran computer users often find it hard to understand when using a computer: Why does E-mail come in with an obscure little notation? Why use @ instead of other notations? Originally, Invented by Ray Tomlinson, a Ph.D. in computer engineering who graduated from the Polytechnic Institute. Tomlinson explains: “I considered using other notations, but only @ did not appear in any of the names, so I chose it and it looks pretty good.”