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In what year was the "@" chosen for its use in e-mail addresses?

  1. 1976

  2. 1972

  3. 1980

  4. 1984
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Explanation

The '@' symbol was selected by Ray Tomlinson in 1972 for use in email addresses to separate the user name from the host computer in the format user@host. This choice was made during the early development of email on ARPANET. The symbol was chosen because it was rarely used in names or other contexts at the time.

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