Raymond Samuel Tomlinson (born 1941, Amsterdam, New York) is a programmer who implemented an email system in 1971 on the ARPANET. Email had been previously sent on other networks such as AUTODIN and PLATO. It was the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts connected to the ARPAnet. (Previously, mail could be sent only to others who used the same computer.) To achieve this, he used the @ sign to separate the user from their machine, which has been used in email addresses ever since.
The first email Tomlinson sent was a test e-mail. It was not preserved and Tomlinson describes it as insignificant, something like "QWERTYUIOP". This is commonly misquoted as "The first e-mail was QWERTYUIOP". Tomlinson later commented that these "test messages were entirely forgettable and I have, therefore, forgotten them."
At first, his email messaging system wasn't thought to be a big deal. When Tomlinson showed it to his colleague Jerry Burchfiel, he said "Don't tell anyone! This isn't what we're supposed to be working on."
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You probably use it every day but how well do you
know your Internet?
Ever wonder how all this foolishness got started in the
first place and why? How big it really is? How many present
users there are? The average time spent on a website?
Here are 21 facts you might or might not want to know
about the Internet.
1. Who coined the phrase 'World Wide Web'?
Tim Berners-Lee in 1990. He's also considered by most
people as the person who started the whole thing rolling.
2. How did the Internet Start and Why?
It all started with the time-sharing of IBM computers in the
early 1960s at universities such as Dartmouth and Berkeley in
the States. People would share the same computer for their
computing tasks. The Internet also received help from Sputnik!
After this Russian Satellite was launched in 1957, President
Eisenhower formed ARPA to advance computer networking and
communication.
Plus, we won't even mention that whole industry where
people show their naughty bits.
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Do you know which population surfed Internet the most? How many % of the world’s population come online everyday? How many countries still do not have Internet connection?
Here are some interesting figure facts for you geeks who want to know more about the Internet usage. Full list after jump.
1. 35.6% of internet users are Asian.
2. With average of 389 million of internet surfers each month, Asia is the largest internet crowd among other world regions.
3. In Afirca, 3 out of 100 surf the Internet.
4. In Asia, 10 out of 100 surf the Internet.
5. In Europe, 38 out of 100 surf the Internet.
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1981
Apple Viruses 1, 2, and 3 are some of the first viruses “in the wild,” or in the public domain. Found on the Apple II operating system, the viruses spread through Texas A&M via pirated computer games.
1983
Fred Cohen, while working on his dissertation, formally defines a computer virus as “a computer program that can affect other computer programs by modifying them in such a way as to include a (possibly evolved) copy of itself.”
1986
Two programmers named Basit and Amjad replace the executable code in the boot sector of a floppy disk with their own code designed to infect each 360kb floppy accessed on any drive. Infected floppies had “© Brain” for a volume label.
1987
The Lehigh virus, one of the first file viruses, infects command.com files.
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1969
ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) goes online in December, connecting four major U.S. universities. Designed for research, education, and government organizations, it provides a communications network linking the country in the event that a military attack destroys conventional communications systems.
1972
Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a Cambridge, Mass., computer scientist. He uses the @ to distinguish between the sender's name and network name in the email address.
1973
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is designed and in 1983 it becomes the standard for communicating between computers over the Internet. One of these protocols, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), allows users to log onto a remote computer, list the files on that computer, and download files from that computer.
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OpenStudy has the clear potential to be an ideal study group for students, parents and teachers when used to the fullest. A successful online classroom must be a blend of proper material and interaction which keeps you motivated to achieve results. OpenStudy has the right mix of this all where you can learn and succeed. It posses a collection of study groups based on topic such as those in MIT’s Open Courseware. It facilitates the communication between all students interested in the subject matter. It’s an ideal way to meet your peers from all corners of the world.
You just need to sign up (make sure you are over 13) and choose your area of interest.
Once you choose your topic, you can straight-way start learning.
Once you choose your topic, you can straight-way start learning.
Visit: http://www.openstudy.com
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Do you hate the new Facebook chat..?? Then this is for you..!!Facebook has a super cool performance. After Google it is supposed to be the second best site on this Internet world. It has more than 750 million users of which at least 50% log on every day. Also there are more than 900 million interactive pages on Facebook.
In spite of an amazing overall performance of the site, people have been criticizing the new Facebook chat. It is been said that even the offline friends are shown online. Actually the new chat shows only the top rated friends instead of showing the online friends. And this is very much annoying.
So now the browser extensions have come to get back the old Facebook chat. And here they are..
Facebook Chat Sidebar Disabler – For Mozilla Firefox
Facebook Chat Sidebar Disabler – For Google Chrome
Facebook Chat Sidebar Disabler – For Opera
Now enjoy Facebook with the old chat..!!
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Many users are very much dissatisfied for not getting a proper privacy in their browsers. By seeing this demand, google chrome devs came up with an add-on named BROWSER LOCK. It s a very simple add-on with which you can lock your browser and disable other users to use your browser, without your permission. By using this application, you can prevent other users to surf the net using your browser or to peep into your private bookmarks.
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