COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -Ray Tomlinson, of BBN, sent the first message across the network in 1971, initiating the use of the “” sign to separate the names of the user and the user’s machine. He sent a message from one Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-10 computer to another PDP-10. The two machines were placed next to each other.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tomlinson wanted to send messages to people, not mailboxes, so he decided to modify and combine the programmes that were already out there. The innovative email software he created was called “SNDMSG”.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971. On October 29th, 1969, the first message was sent from computer to computer on ARPANET.