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April 23, 2004

 

Morse code @ the forefront of change

The French say arobase; the Dutch call it a monkey's tail; and in Japan it is atto maaku.

On a qwerty keyboard, it's shift-2. And next month, amateur radio enthusiasts will call it dit-dah-dah-dit-dah-dit. That is when the symbol @ officially becomes the newest character in the Morse code.

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