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Who invented internet based email in late 1971?

  1. Bill Gates

  2. Steve jobs

  3. Charles Babbage

  4. Ray Tomlinson
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Explanation

Ray Tomlinson, a computer engineer, invented internet-based email in 1971 while working on ARPANET. He sent the first email between two computers on the same network and introduced the '@' symbol to separate the user name from the host name. This innovation laid the foundation for modern email communication. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Charles Babbage are not associated with email's invention.

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