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Email - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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e-mail
(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 [syn: electronic
mail, email] [ant: snail mail, snail mail, snail
mail]
(verb)
1: communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me
the good news" [syn: email, netmail]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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 [syn: electronic
mail, e-mail] [ant: snail mail, snail mail, snail
mail]
(verb)
1: communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me
the good news" [syn: e-mail, netmail]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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 `e'maille'' (enameled) and related to Old French `emmailleu"re'
(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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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