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  2. History of email - Wikipedia

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    The history of email entails an evolving set of technologies and standards that culminated in the email systems in use today. [1]Computer-based messaging between users of the same system became possible following the advent of time-sharing in the early 1960s, with a notable implementation by MIT's CTSS project in 1965.

  3. Ray Tomlinson - Wikipedia

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    The first email Tomlinson sent was a test. It was not preserved and Tomlinson describes it as insignificant, something like "QWERTYUIOP." This is commonly misquoted as "The first e-mail was QWERTYUIOP." [22] Tomlinson later commented that these "test messages were entirely forgettable and I have, therefore, forgotten them." [23] At first, his ...

  4. Mail - Wikipedia

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    The term email, short for "electronic mail", first appeared in the 1970s. [4] [5] The term snail mail is a retronym to distinguish it from the quicker email. Various dates have been given for its first use. [6] [7] [8]

  5. Timeline of programming languages - Wikipedia

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    FORTRAN, A-2 1955 Freiburger Code [3] [4] University of Freiburg — 1955–56 Sequentielle Formelübersetzung Fritz Bauer and Karl Samelson Boehm 1955–56 IT Team led by Alan Perlis: Laning and Zierler 1955 PRINT IBM 1958 IPL II (implementation) Allen Newell, Cliff Shaw, Herbert A. Simon: IPL I 1956–58 LISP (concept) John McCarthy: IPL 1957 ...

  6. Email - Wikipedia

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    The term electronic mail has been in use with its modern meaning since 1975, and variations of the shorter E-mail have been in use since 1979: [2] [3] email is now the common form, and recommended by style guides. [4] [5] [6] It is the form required by IETF Requests for Comments (RFC) and working groups. [7] This spelling also appears in most ...

  7. History of books - Wikipedia

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    Before the introduction of books, writing on bone, shells, wood and silk was prevalent in China long before the 2nd century BCE, until paper was invented in China around the 1st century CE. China's first recognizable books called jiance or jiandu, were made of rolls of thin split and dried bamboo bound together with hemp, silk, or leather. [14]

  8. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    The Lower Paleolithic period lasted over 3 million years, during which there many human-like species evolved including toward the end of this period, Homo sapiens.The original divergence between humans and chimpanzees occurred 13 (), however interbreeding continued until as recently as 4 Ma, with the first species clearly belonging to the human (and not chimpanzee) lineage being ...

  9. Then And Now: How Did We Work Before Email? - AOL

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    By Sonia Acosta. Hey you. Yes, you writing the email to your co-worker in a cubicle two feet away from you.. Ever feel like no one talks to each other anymore? We are all guilty. Email is easier ...