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6 definitions for e-mail From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
E-mail \E-mail\, email \email\, e-mail \e-mail\([=e]"m[^a]l`),
n.
electronic mail; a digitally encoded message sent from one
computer to another through an electronic communications
medium, especially by means of a computer network.
Syn: electronic mail.
[PJC] email
E-mail
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
E-mail \E-mail\, email \email\, e-mail \e-mail\v. t. [imp. & p.
p. E-mailed; p. pr. & vb. n. E-mailing.]
to send (an e-mail message) to someone; as, I emailed the
article to the editor; she emailed me her report.
Syn: mail electronically.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
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] [ant: snail mail, snail mail, snail
mail]
v : communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me
the good news" [syn: email, netmail]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
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] [ant: snail mail, snail mail, snail
mail]
v : communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me
the good news" [syn: e-mail, netmail]
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :
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 (27 SEP 03) :
e-mail
electronic mail
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