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Dog symbol

Dog symbol known to all people who have a computer or other device. It can be seen in domain names, email names, and even some brand names.

In this article we will explain why this symbol is called a dog and what is its correct pronunciation.

Why the @ symbol is called a dog

Scientifically, the dog sign is called "commercial at" and looks like - "@". Why commercial? Because the English word "at" is a preposition that can be translated as "on", "on", "in" or "about".

It is worth noting that this symbol is called a dog only by users of the Russian Internet, while in other countries it is denoted by a variety of words.

According to one of the versions, the "@" sign originates from the alphanumeric PC monitors of the DVK brand, produced in the 80s, where the "tail" of this symbol looked like a schematically drawn dog.

According to another version, the origin of the name "dog" is interconnected with the computer game "Adventure", in which the player was accompanied by a dog with the designation "@". Yet the exact origin of this symbol is unknown.

The name of the "@" symbol in other countries:

  • in Italian and Belarusian - snail;
  • in Greek - duck;
  • in Spanish, French and Portuguese - like the measure of weight, arroba (arroba);
  • in Kazakh - the ear of the moon;
  • in Kyrgyz, German and Polish - a monkey;
  • in Turkish - meat;
  • in Czech and Slovak - rollmops;
  • in Uzbek - puppy;
  • in Hebrew - strudel;
  • in Chinese - a mouse;
  • in Turkish - rose;
  • in Hungarian - a worm or a tick.

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