What’s the meaning of ‘@’ in a DNS zone file?

RFC 1035 defines the format of a DNS zone file.

… on page 35 you’ll find:

@ A free standing @ is
used to denote the current origin.

This means that @ is a shortcut for the name defined with $ORIGIN.

You can find more information on $ORIGIN here, which is an excerpt from Pro DNS and BIND, published by Apress.

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