Question

What is the first activity email was used for over the internet?

• A. Sending files
• B. Sharing photos
• C. Exchanging messages
• D. Conducting business transactions

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Exchanging messages

Origin of email:

• Scientists at MIT developed a program called Mailbox that enabled the exchange of messages between time-sharing computers within one lab.
• In 1971, Raymond Samuel Tomlinson, executed the first email program on the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the precursor to the internet.
• Tomlinson designed a messaging program for use on the PDP-10 computer consisting of two individual programs, SNDMSG for sending mail and READMAIL for retrieving mail.