jan 1, 1972 - Ray Tomlinson Invents Email
Description:
Ray Tomlinson of BBN invents the email program to send messages across a distributed network. The "@" sign is chosen from the punctuation keys on Tomlinson's Model 33 Teletype to separate local from global emails, making "user@host" the email standard. This allowed the internet to blossom not solely as a network of computers but also as a communications network of their users.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1972
Now
~ 54 years ago