&AMP

[denis567]

Does anyone know what &AMP means when looking up a website?
I have tried to google it but there does not seem to be a reliable explanation there.

[karenmac60]

The AMP bit stands for ampersand, which is the name for the & symbol.

[sir.prize]

http://answers.yahoo....20090704084733AAb3fLF

[joggerjayne]

What kazzamac says.

[karenmac60]

Hey JJ, how are you? :)

[joggerjayne]

Priddy good, kaz ...

You okay?

x

[karenmac60]

Fine and dandy - if a bit fed up waiting for a disc to rip. Seems to be taking forever!!!! :) xx

[joggerjayne]

Good for you, honey bunny ... but hey ... is that going to hurt ???

=0/

[joggerjayne]

Oh, hang on ... shiny disc, like in a computer ??

[Ellipsis]

It's actually an and sign, followed by the word amp (short for ampersand), followed by a semicolon, like this:

&

That whole sequence represents an and sign (&). I know that seems like a waste of time, because it contains an and sign! But other symbols, e.g. a quote, can be represented in a similar way (a quote is an & followed by the word quot followed by a semicolon, i.e. " ). More details here:

http://www.w3schools....tags/ref_entities.asp

[joggerjayne]

Bang! ... shot dead by clever technical explanation from "..."

[Ellipsis]

:D

Sorry to interrupt your conversation with an answer to the question ...

[joggerjayne]

Mmm, you do have a point there, Ellipsis.

If you were American, you'd have three points!

[Mamyalynne]

Sir.Prize had already linked to the answer earlier.

[Ellipsis]

It wasn't a very good answer ...