commercial

adj 1: connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in

commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial

trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds" [ant:

{noncommercial}]

2: of or relating to commercialism; "a commercial attache";

"commercial paper"; "commercial law"

3: of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or

inferior; "commercial grade of beef"; "commercial oxalic

acid"

n : a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television [syn: {commercial

message}]

commercial at

"◊". {ASCII} code 64. Common names: at sign; at;

strudel. Rare: each; vortex; whorl; {INTERCAL}: whirlpool;

cyclone; snail; ape; cat; rose; cabbage; {ITU-T}: commercial

at.

The ◊ sign is used in an {electronic mail address} to separate

the local part from the {hostname}.

It is ironic that ◊ has become a trendy mark of Internet

awareness since it is a very old symbol, derived from the

latin preposition "ad" (at).

In Dutch it is called "apestaartje" (little ape-tail). The

French name is "arobase". In Spain and Portugal it denotes a

weight of about 25 pounds, the weight and the symbol are

called "arroba". Italians call it "chiocciola" (snail).

See {◊-party}.

(1999-11-23)