Technology
Who invented the @ symbol for email addresses?
Ray Tomlinson
Background
US engineer Ray Tomlinson sent the first ever email in 1971. He picked the @ sign because it never appeared in personal names. That let the computer clearly split the person from the machine. Without him we might use very different addresses today.
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