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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was credited with the invention of email
A
Shiva Ayyadurai
B
Ray Tomlinson
C
Paul Buchheit
D
Jimmy Wales
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Here, he gives his version of how he invented the email. Ray Tomlinson is universally credited as the creator of email as part of a program for ARPANET in 1971.

Detailed explanation-2: -A widely accepted story of email’s origins involves a computer engineer named Ray Tomlinson who was working on an early version of the internet in 1971. However, this story is disputed by a man named V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai who says he was the one who invented email as a teen tech prodigy in the late 1970s.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shiva Ayyadurai-The Facts. In 1978, a 14-year-old named V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai developed a computer program, which replicated the features of the interoffice, inter-organizational paper mail system. He named his program “EMAIL”.

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