[Election Kanungo Sept, 2021]
14. Who is called the father of E-mail?
Paul Buchheit
Charles Babbage
Ray Tomlinson
Sabeer Bhatia
Correct Answer :
Ray Tomlinson
Ray Tomlinson is known as the "father of email" because he implemented the first email system on the ARPANET (the precursor to the internet) in 1971. He also introduced the use of the "@" symbol to separate the user name from the host name in email addresses.