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electronic mail; e-mail, E-mail, email
1. A computer-system communications service in which text messages are sent to a central computer or over a network and retrieved by the addressee.
2. The electronic transmission of letters, messages, and memos via a communications network; now more often via computer connections.
3. A system for sending messages by computer, Telex, facsimile telegraph, or other electronic means instead of by post.
4. Messages sent by one user of a computerized communications system and retrieved almost instantly by other users.
2. The electronic transmission of letters, messages, and memos via a communications network; now more often via computer connections.
3. A system for sending messages by computer, Telex, facsimile telegraph, or other electronic means instead of by post.
4. Messages sent by one user of a computerized communications system and retrieved almost instantly by other users.
The messages may be transmitted with a modem through telephone lines or, in some cases, by shortwave radio and it can be in many forms, including mailgrams, twx, and facsimile transmission devices.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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-tron, -tronic, -tronics +
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e-mail
Electronic mail