Ray Tomlinson ( April 23, 1941 , , New York - March 5, 2016 [1] [2] [3] ) is an American engineer at the computer company Beranek and Newman; Cambridge , Mass .). Developed analog-to-digital hybrid speech synthesizers. He is the inventor of e-mail , which connected users of remote computers of the ARPANET network in 1971 . Added support of the e-mail service to the functionality of the network by selecting the @ ( at-sign ) symbol to indicate that mail addresses belong to specific hosts [4] . Developed TENEX software that allows computers to exchange text messages. In addition, he developed the program CPYNET, which allowed you to send files and ensure their safety.
| Ray Tomlinson | |
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| English Ray samuel tomlinson | |
| Birth name | Raymond Semuel Tomlinson |
| Date of Birth | April 23, 1941 |
| Place of Birth | , New York , USA |
| Date of death | March 5, 2016 ( 74) |
| A place of death | |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Occupation | engineer, programmer |
| Awards and prizes | Prince of Asturias Prize (2009) |
| Website | Email Home |
In 2009 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize in the category "Technical and Scientific Research".
In 2012, he entered the Internet Hall of Fame in the Innovators category [5] .
See also
- Arpanet
- the Internet
Notes
- ↑ Email pioneer Ray Tomlinson dies at 74 - TechRepublic
- ↑ Ray Tomlinson, email inventor - obituary - Telegraph
- ↑ Ray Tomlinson | American computer engineer | Britannica.com
- ↑ Proposed Official Standard for the Format of ARPA Network Messages
- ↑ Monica Hesse. Internet Hall of Fame honors Raymond Tomlinson, whose @ symbol defines Web life . Style . The Washington Post (April 24, 2012). Date of treatment July 24, 2014. Archived July 4, 2013.
Links
- Email Home . Openmap BBN Technologies . Date of treatment July 24, 2014.
- Sasha Cavender. Legends Forbes (May 10, 1998). Date of treatment July 24, 2014.