Neccessities for adoption computers

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A major necessity for any new technology to become mainstream is simplifying it enough that it is consistent, reliable and easy to learn. With the invention of email you do not have to do the digging to find the folder of the person you are talking too, you just give the service a name and your message, and it handles all the tough work. —

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Computer programmer Ray Tomlinson is credited with inventing the naming system we have today, using the @ symbol to denote the server (or host, from the previous section). In other words, name@gmail.com tells the host “gmail.com” (Google’s e-mail server) to drop the message into the folder belonging to “name.”¹