Ray Tomlinson (Email Inventor)

Ray Tomlinson was an American computer programmer who is best known for inventing email in the early 1970s. Working on the ARPANET, the precursor to the internet, he developed a system to send messages between users on different computers. Tomlinson introduced the use of the "@" symbol to separate the user's name from their computer address, a format still used today. His innovation revolutionized communication, making it faster and more efficient, and laid the groundwork for modern digital correspondence. Tomlinson passed away in 2016 but is remembered as a pioneer in the digital age.