Tomlinson and the first network email
In 1971, at the company BBN, Ray Tomlinson sends a message from one computer to another over ARPANET. He uses @ in the address. The exact test text is unknown.
Ray Tomlinson y el primer correo en red
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What you'll learn
Present indicative and querer in a short account of network email.
Tomlinson joins two programs that already exist and sends a test to his own name on the other machine. He chooses @ to separate the person and the computer. He does not invent the sign: it already exists.
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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de una computadora a la otra
newfrom one computer to the other
Shows movement between two different computers.
Useful for describing transfers between two places.
antes de @
newbefore @
Means on the left side of the @ sign.
Useful for explaining the order in an email address.
después de @
newafter @
Means on the right side of the @ sign.
Useful for explaining the order in an email address.
pulsa Enviar
newpress Send
An instruction or action that sends a finished message.
Useful when following steps in an email app.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Engineer
ingeniero
engineer
A person who designs or builds technical systems.
Useful in texts about technology and inventions.
Network
red
network
A group of connected computers or systems.
Useful for understanding how computers exchange information.
Sign
signo
sign
A written symbol, such as @.
Useful for naming symbols in addresses and passwords.
Address
dirección
email address
Here, the identification used to send email to someone.
Useful for giving or checking an email address.
Subject
asunto
email subject
The short line that says what an email is about.
Useful for writing a clear email.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Setting a year
Es 1971
It is 1971
Spanish uses es to place the story in a year.
Useful for opening a simple historical scene.
Saying what exists
hay dos computadoras
there are two computers
Hay states that something exists, and it does not change for plural nouns.
Useful for describing what is in a place.
Present action
elige el signo @
chooses the @ sign
Elige is the third-person singular present of elegir.
Useful for narrating one person's action.
A yes or no question
¿Usas el correo electrónico?
Do you use email?
The verb comes first in this simple Spanish question.
Useful for asking about another person's habits.
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