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Ray Tomlinson

  • Graduated MIT

    Graduated MIT

    Graduated MIT with a masters in electrical engineering
  • Helped build first internet

    Helped build first internet

    U.S department of Defense hired Ray to build ARPANET which was the first internet
  • Created CPYNET

    Created CPYNET

    Created CPYNET for ARPANET which allowed file transfers
  • Created program SNDMSG

    Created program SNDMSG

    SNDMSG allowed users to send messages on the same computer
  • Sent the first email ever

    Sent the first email ever

    Ray combined his SNDMSG program with CPYNET to send the first messages between two computers

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