Messages, usually text, sent from one person to another via computer. E-mail can also be sent automatically to a large number of addresses. See also: Listserv ®, SMTP

A way of sending messages electronically from one computer to another, generally through a modem and telephone line connected to a computer.

A method of electronically passing messages from one computer user to another, typically over computer networks.

Standard {hacker} terminology for electronic mail, i.e., messages that are sent by computer network. (Compare {snail mail}.) Email is a much appreciated and indispensable tool of persons whose work attaches them to the Internet, especially computer professionals. Email can be dealt with according to the receiver's own schedule. That could mean immediately, resulting in turnaround times of just a minute or so. But it allows the receiver to prioritize messages. In comparison the telephone is a rude device that interrupts you and demands immediate attention, no matter what you are doing. Another advantage is that when email is saved, it leaves a written record of exchanges that can be built into a substantial information database. That I often receive and send over 200 email messages a day, but only two or three phone calls, usually from my wife, is strong evidence that busy computer workers greatly prefer email to the telephone for most lower priority communications.

Messages sent from one internet user to another, usually private, unlike newsgroup posts. Most email can be traced back to the sender by examining the headers of the message, which shows the system at which the message originated and any systems it passed through between that system and the recipient's system. The administrators of the originating system can determine the identity of the user from those headers, if their system is configured properly and they keep normal system access logs.

Electronic Mail -- Messages, usually text, sent from one person to another via computer. Email can also be sent automatically to a large number of addresses (Mailing List).

(electronic mail) transmission of letters and other documents from one computer to another through a telecommunications network. (Keenan, p.81)

Abbreviation for electronic mail, which consists of messages sent over an IS by communications applications. Email that is sent from one computer system to another or over the Internet must pass through gateways both to leave the originating system and to enter the receiving system.

Electronic mail. A method of sending messages, mail, pictures and information from one Internet user to another.

(Electronic Mail) - Messages sent from one person to another via the Internet. Email can also be sent to a large number of addresses at once through a Mailing List. See Also: Internet, List Server, Mailing List

(Electronic Mail) Messages, usually text, sent from one person to another via computer. E-mail can also be sent automatically to a large number of addresses.

electronic mail sent from one computer user to another

(Electronic Mail) -- Messages, usually text, sent from one person to another via computer. Email can also be sent automatically to a large number of addresses (Mailing List).

Email, short for electronic mail, allows you to send digital messages to anyone else with an email account. Sending email consists of accessing the Internet, logging into your email account, entering the email address of the person you wish to mail, typing out your message, and clicking "send." That's all there is to it! Back to Top

Also e-mail. Email is electronic messaging that uses standard conventions for addressing and delivering content across the Internet. An email message has three parts: a header, a message, and attachments (documents or computer readable files). The header contains much technical information about the source and the route the message took from sender to recipient. Most of this is irrelevant to normal users, but it is useful to have when things go wrong.

electronic mail - sending messages over a network or internet connection

Electronic text messages (mail) sent over a Local Area Network or the Internet.

(Electronic Mail) -- Messages, usually text, sent from one person to another via computer. Email can also be sent automatically to a large number of addresses (Mailing List). See Also: Listserv, Maillist

Electronic mail. Mail composed and transmitted on a computer system or network.

An electronic message sent from one computer to another.

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".

Electronic Mail, text files that are sent from one person to another. Microsoft Outlook (and Outlook Express), a corporate software product designed primarily for use on LANS, has been responsible for the use of HTML email on the Internet. HTML email often contains no more information than text email but is generally over 4 times the byte size - used this way on the Internet, is an unacceptable use of available bandwidth and a contributory element in "Internet Crawl"

Short for "electronic mail," email is the transmission of messages over computer networks.

Email stands for electronic mail and is a means of sending messages from one person to another using the Internet as your carrier, much like using the postal service.

(Electronic Mail) - Messages sent from one person to another via the Internet. Email can also be sent to a large number of addresses at once through a Mailing List. See Also: Internet, List Server, Mailing List F

(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

communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me the good news"