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14. Who is called the father of E-mail?

  1. Paul Buchheit

  2. Charles Babbage

  3. Ray Tomlinson

  4. Sabeer Bhatia

Correct Answer :

Ray Tomlinson

Solution

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.

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