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Meaning of snabela | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

alternative spelling of snabel-a

alt-of, alternative, neuter

Examples

“I løbet af den sidste tid maste snabela'erne sig frem alle vegne, og han følte en romantisk trang til at beskytte det gode gamle postvæsen, hvad Jens selvfølgelig rystede på hovedet ad.”

During the last time, the at signs squeezed their way forward everywhere, and he felt a romantic desire to protect the good old mail service, which Jens, of course, shook his head at.

“Omkring samme tid hvor snabela'et begyndte at dukke op på Tshirts og i fjernsynsreklamer.”

Approximately the same time as the at sign began appearing on T-shirts and in TV ads.

“Men han indså det først, da en programmør fra BBN ved navn Ray Tomlinson i 1971 opfandt et system til at sende tekstbeskeder via ARPAnet og brugte snabela'et som adskillelse mellem afsendernavn og stedet, beskeden blev sendt fra.”

But he did not realize it until a programmer from BBN named Ray Tomlinson in 1971 invented a system to send text messages through ARPAnet and used the at sign to separate the name of the sender and the place from which the message was sent.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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