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Internet

@ - at sign 
On the Internet, @ (pronounced "at" or "at
sign" or "address sign") is the symbol in an
E-mail address that separates the name of the
user from the user's Internet address, as in
this hypothetical e-mail address
example: msmuffet@tuffet.org.
—SOMEONE
FAMOUS
/ - slash * - asterisk
The forward slash (or simply slash) An asterisk is a star-shaped symbol
character (/) is the divide symbol in (*) primarily used to call attention to a
programming and on calculator footnote, indicate an omission, point
keyboards. For example, 10 / 7 to disclaimers (which often appear in
means 10 divided by 7. The slash is advertisements), and dress up
also often used in command line company logos.
syntax to indicate a switch.
- Hyphen
Alternatively known as a dash, subtract, negative,
or minus sign, the hyphen ( - ) is a punctuation
mark on the underscore key next to the "0" key
on US keyboards.
_ - underscore
An underscore, _, also called an
% - Percent underline, low line or low dash, is a line
a symbol (%) for drawn under a segment of text.
“percent”: a 10% drop
in population.

& -ampersand
An ampersand is a symbol (&)
representing the word and. The ampersand
was included in the Old English alphabet,
and the term is an alteration of and per se
and. 
% - Percent
a symbol (%) for
“percent”: a 10% drop in
population.

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