An email address hack (sometimes known as simply email hack) is a conventional email address, but uses the commercial at symbol (@) as the letter a to create a word from an email address. Although very closely related, an email address hack may, or may not, also be a domain name hack converted into an email address hack. Unlike a domain name hack, it does not matter if the TLD (top level domain) is used as an integral part of the email address title. By definition, j@m.es (a variation of the domain name hack jam.es) and j@mes.com (a variation of the regular domain name james.com) are both considered to be email address hacks that spell out James.