Ray Tomlinson, inventor of email

Q.  Who invented E-Mail?
- Published on 26 Aug 16

a. Ray Tomlinson
b. Tim Berners-Lee
c. Vinton Cerf
d. James Gosling

ANSWER: Ray Tomlinson
 
  • Ray Tomlinson, the inventor of email has died recently.
  • Raymond Samue Tomlinson implemented the first email program on the ARPANET system, the precursor to the Internet, in 1971.
  • He used the @ sign to separate the user name from the name of their machine, a scheme which has been used in email addresses ever since.

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