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It wasn't a very exciting message. But the single pharse QWERTYUIOP marked a communications breakthrough, because it was the first mail ... perhaps. Ray Tomlinson , the (1)_________ of email , isn't 100% sure.
He (2)________ , "I sent a number of test (3)__________ from one machine to another. They were all entirely forgettable."
Ray can't even (4)_________________ the exact date - it was some time in the (5)______________ of 1971. At the time, he was chief (6)__________ at a technology company in the US. He was developing a (7)____________ system which linked computers together. He said he (8)____________ simply combined two computer (9)_____________ to create the first mail.
At first , Ray didn't realise that his invention (10)___________ so important. In fact, he even (11)_____________ one of his colleagues to keep quiet about it , in case people (12) ____________________ he was wasting time at work!
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It wasn't a very exciting message. But the single pharse QWERTYUIOP marked a communications breakthrough, because it was the first mail ... perhaps. Ray Tomlinson , the (1) inventor of email , isn't 100% sure.
He (2) said, "I sent a number of test (3) messages from one machine to another. They were all entirely forgettable."
Ray can't even (4) remember the exact date - it was some time in the (5) autumn of 1971. At the time, he was chief (6) engineer at a technology company in the US. He was developing a (7) communication system which linked computers together. He said he (8) had simply combined two computer (9) programs to create the first mail.
At first , Ray didn't realise that his invention (10) was so important. In fact, he even (11) asked one of his colleagues to keep quiet about it , in case people (12) thought he was wasting time at work!
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