E-Mail A symbol for email. Depicted as the back of an envelope imprinted with a capital letter E (for electronic) or @ (at) sign. Commonly used as an icon before an email address. The envelope is generally white with the E or @ symbols shown in blue.

While in the English language, @ is referred to as the “at sign,” other countries have different names for the symbol that is now so commonly used in email transmissions throughout the world. Many of these countries associate the symbol with either food or animal names.

At symbol is usually used as a part of an e-mail address. To create the "@" symbol on a keyboard, you usually just need to simultaneously hold down the SHIFT and press 2.