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When was the first e-mail sent?

A. 1963

B. 1969

C. 1971

D. 1974

Answer: Option C

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Sent by computer engineer Ray Tomlinson in 1971, the email was simply a test message to himself. The email was sent from one computer to another computer sitting right beside it in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but it traveled via ARPANET, a network of computers that was the precursor to the Internet.

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  1. ANKUSH SGSITS
    ANKUSH SGSITS :
    6 years ago

    Sent by computer engineer Ray Tomlinson in 1971, the email was simply a test message to himself. The email was sent from one computer to another computer sitting right beside it in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but it traveled via ARPANET, a network of computers that was the precursor to the Internet

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