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Raymond Samuel Tomlinson (April 23, 1941 – March 5, 2016) was an American [1] [2] [3] [4] computer programmer who implemented the first email program on the ARPANET system, the precursor to the Internet, in 1971; [5] [6] [7] [8] It was the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts connected to ARPANET.
Official Biography: Raymond Tomlinson. Raymond Samuel Tomlinson was born in Amsterdam, New York in 1941. He attended college at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he participated in an internship program with IBM and received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1963.
Ray Tomlinson, a renowned computer programmer, is credited as the inventor of email on the ARPANET system, the predecessor to the Internet. He revolutionized the way businesses operate and people communicate throughout the world.
Mar 7, 2016 · Raymond Tomlinson, the computer programmer who in 1971 invented email as it is known today and in the process transformed the “at” sign — @ — from a sparely used price symbol to a permanent...
When Ray Tomlinson was fiddling with code that would allow users to send messages across ARPANET, the experimental network that preceded the Internet, he needed a marker to separate the name of the user from that of the host terminal. He settled on @, one of…
Nov 15, 2009 · Ray Tomlinson was inspired to invent e-mail by colleagues who didn't answer their phones. Courtesy BBN Technologies. When was the last time you actually set pen to paper and...
Mar 7, 2016 · Ray Tomlinson, who created computer-to-computer electronic mail and selected the accompanying '@' symbol, has died aged 74. Tomlinson was widely credited with inventing the earliest...
Mar 7, 2016 · Do you remember your first email? Tomlinson, who died Saturday at 74, had earlier told NPR he accepted the title of "inventor of email," but his first email was forgettable and so forgotten.
Mar 6, 2016 · Raymond Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email and selector of the "@" symbol, has died. Raytheon Co., his employer, on Sunday confirmed his death; the details were not immediately available.
Mar 7, 2016 · Raymond Tomlinson, the man who is widely credited with having sent the first email, died on Saturday. He was 74 years old. Tomlinson was a principal scientist at BBN Technologies, one of the...
