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4 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: e-mail 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}, {email}] v : communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me the good news" [syn: {email}, {netmail}] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: 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 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: e-mail {electronic mail}
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