Definition of Email

Babylon English
email (electronic mail)
n. method of correspondence via the Internet; communication sent by electronic mail (also e-mail)

email
v. correspond via e-mail; send communications through electronic mail (Computers)

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Email Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

WordNet 2.0
email

Noun
1. (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in
(synonym) electronic mail, e-mail
(antonym) snail mail
(hypernym) electronic communication
(hyponym) freemail
(derivation) e-mail, netmail
(classification) computer science, computing

Verb
1. communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me the good news"
(synonym) e-mail, netmail
(hypernym) telecommunicate
(hyponym) spam
(entail) mail, post, send
(derivation) electronic mail, e-mail
(classification) computer science, computing

hEnglish - advanced version
email

email
n : (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in [syn: electronic mail , e-mail]
v : communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me the good news" [syn: e-mail, netmail]





Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
electronic mail
post leictreonach, post leictronach, ríomhphost
e-mail address: ríomhsheoladh


Email Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

Jargon File
email
/ee'mayl/ (also written `e-mail' and `E-mail') 1. n. Electronic mail automatically passed through computer networks and/or via modems over common-carrier lines. Contrast snail-mail, paper-net, voice-net. See network address. 2. vt. To send electronic mail.

Oddly enough, the word `emailed' is actually listed in the OED; it means "embossed (with a raised pattern) or perh. arranged in a net or open work". A use from 1480 is given. The word is probably derived from French `émaillé' (enameled) and related to Old French `emmailleüre' (network). A French correspondent tells us that in modern French, `email' is a hard enamel obtained by heating special paints in a furnace; an `emailleur' (no final e) is a craftsman who makes email (he generally paints some objects (like, say, jewelry) and cooks them in a furnace).

There are numerous spelling variants of this word. In Internet traffic up to 1995, `email' predominates, `e-mail' runs a not-too-distant second, and `E-mail' and `Email' are a distant third and fourth.

Computer Abbreviations v1.5
EMAIL
Outlook Express Mail Message
(Rename to .EML to access in OE but beware of viruses and worms)

A Glossary of Internet & PC Terminology
Email
Electronic Mail - a way of sending other people messages from your PC . Widely used facility on the Internet that basically sends addressed messages over a Network . The message normally gets there in a couple of minutes. Internet users refer to the conventional Mail system as "Snail Mail". Who says Anoraks don't have a sense of humour.

WebGuest Web Glossary
Email - electronic mail
Message, usually text, transmitted over the Internet and sent from one person to another (although you can also sent email to a large number of email addresses (mailing list )).

Jensen's Technology Glossary
E-mail or email
Electronic mail transmitted between millions of users connected on networks worldwide. Messages are exchanged instantaneously, usually at zero marginal cost to users, thereby saving greatly on national or international telephone and express mail fees. Messages may be stored in computer files and processed at a user's convenience.   Precautionary advice is given under ActiveX . (See also Internet , Internet Messaging ,  SLIP , and USENet )
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Website design & Internet terms
Email
Electronic mail. For transmitting messages between computers. First achieved in 1972 by Ray Tomlinson, the man who chose the @ symbol as a separator.

Multimedia Glossary
Electronic mail (e-mail)
Most electronic mail packages provide a method for mailing to other users' electronic mail addresses that are not on the local machine.
An e-mail address has two parts, separated by @ .The portion before the @ sign is the username, or mailbox name, of a particular user. The portion after the @ is the location adress. The suffix, in this case .gov, denotes what type of organization.
Example: president@whitehouse.gov (By clicking, you can actually send the President some email.)

Internetworking Terms
email
See: Electronic mail

Electronic Mail
A system whereby a computer user can exchange messages with other computer users (or groups of users) via a communications network. Electronic mail is one of the most popular uses of the Internet. [Source: NNSC]

The Internet Dictionary
electronic mail
(e-mail or E-mail) Online communications between computer users. The most frequently used communications tool on the Internet. E-mail allows you to communicate with one or thousands of users in less time and for less money than it takes to communicate with another person via traditional phone or mail services.


Email Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

International Relations and Security Acronyms
EMAIL
Electronic Mail


Email Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

ETSI and 3GPP
EMAIL
Electronic MAIL


Email Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
E-mail
E-mail (short for electronic mail; often also abbreviated as e-mail, email or simply mail) is a store and forward method of composing, sending, storing, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. The term "e-mail" (as a noun or verb) applies both to the Internet e-mail system based on the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and to X.400 systems, and to intranet systems allowing users within one organization to e-mail each other. Often these workgroup collaboration organizations may use the Internet protocols or X.400 protocols for internal e-mail service. E-mail is often used to deliver bulk unsolicited messages, or "spam", but filter programs exist which can automatically delete some or most of these, depending on the situation.

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