Ray Tomlinson, inventor of email, dies aged 74

Ray Tomlinson
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Ray Tomlinson, the inventor of email has died aged 74. The first email was sent between two networked computers, which were physically side-by-side in 1971.

He also chose the “@” symbol as a separator in an email address, after it had fallen into disuse.

Famously, after demonstrating his new creation, Ray Tomlinson told a colleague, "Don't tell anyone! This isn't what we're supposed to be working on."

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