"ampersat" meaning in English

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          "text": "Two weeks ago, Tim Nott asked what the @, the hub of the e-mail address, should be called. […] In the UK, Tim Gowens offered the highly logical \"ampersat\" and the art historian Frances Marks suggested \"Van Gogh's ear\".",
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          "ref": "[2000, Wankyu Choi, Allan Kent, Chris Lea, Beginning PHP4, page 249:",
          "text": "[…]there are users out there on the Internet right now who think that they possess an e-mail address containing neither an at-sign (@ often known as an \"ampersat\") nor a domain name.",
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          "ref": "2011 November 18, L.V. Anderson, “Follow Friday: The Internet’s Wittiest Angst-Ridden Folk Musician”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-30:",
          "text": "From his Twitter feed I have learned that Darnielle is interested in politics, feminist activism, professional boxing (he sometimes live-tweets exciting bouts), vegan cooking, and his infant son. He engages eagerly with fans—his homepage is a flurry of ampersats from his back-and-forths with followers.",
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        "(rare) The at sign (@)."
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          "word": "atmark"
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        {
          "word": "commercial at"
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          "word": "asperand"
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          "text": "Two weeks ago, Tim Nott asked what the @, the hub of the e-mail address, should be called. […] In the UK, Tim Gowens offered the highly logical \"ampersat\" and the art historian Frances Marks suggested \"Van Gogh's ear\".",
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          "text": "From his Twitter feed I have learned that Darnielle is interested in politics, feminist activism, professional boxing (he sometimes live-tweets exciting bouts), vegan cooking, and his infant son. He engages eagerly with fans—his homepage is a flurry of ampersats from his back-and-forths with followers.",
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