The scientist who developed the first email program is ____.
A) Vinton Cerf
B) Tim Berners-Lee
C) Lawrence Roberts
D) Ray Tomlinson

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Ray Tomlinson is the scientist who developed the first email program in 1971 while working on ARPANET, the precursor to the internet. Vinton Cerf is known as one of the "fathers of the internet" for his contributions to the development of TCP/IP protocols. Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web, not email. Lawrence Roberts played a major role in the development of computer networking as the program manager for ARPA's Information Processing Techniques Office, but he did not specifically develop the first email program.

The Scientist Who Developed the First Email Program Is ____