Multiple choice general knowledge

Who is credited with originating the first smiley emoticon?????????

  1. David S. Touretzky

  2. Patrick Winston

  3. Gerald Sussman

  4. Scott Elliott Fahlman
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Explanation

Scott Fahlman, a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon, proposed the first smiley emoticon :-) on a bulletin board in 1982 to distinguish serious posts from jokes. This usage became part of early internet culture and spread widely. The creation is well-documented in digital communication history.

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