Definitions for email
email

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.2 / 6 votes

1. electronic mail, e-mail, emailverb

   (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in

   "you cannot send packages by electronic mail"

2. e-mail, email, netmailverb

   communicate electronically on the computer

   "she e-mailed me the good news"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.6 / 11 votes

1. emailnoun

   a raised or embossed image pressed into metal, such as a seal pressed into a foil and attached to a document

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Email

   Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages ("mail") between people using electronic devices. Email was thus conceived as the electronic (digital) version of, or counterpart to, mail, at a time when "mail" meant only physical mail (hence e- + mail). Email later became a ubiquitous (very widely used) communication medium, to the point that in current use, an email address is often treated as a basic and necessary part of many processes in business, commerce, government, education, entertainment, and other spheres of daily life in most countries. Email is the medium, and each message sent therewith is also called an email. The term is a mass noun. Email operates across computer networks, primarily the Internet, and also local area networks. Today's email systems are based on a store-and-forward model. Email servers accept, forward, deliver, and store messages. Neither the users nor their computers are required to be online simultaneously; they need to connect, typically to a mail server or a webmail interface to send or receive messages or download it. Originally an ASCII text-only communications medium, Internet email was extended by Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) to carry text in other character sets and multimedia content attachments. International email, with internationalized email addresses using UTF-8, is standardized but not widely adopted.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. email

   Email, short for electronic mail, is an online communication system that allows users to send and receive digital messages over a network. These messages can include text, attachments such as documents, images, and hyperlinks. Email is typically stored on a server and is accessed by the recipient via various devices, once they have logged into their email account.

WikidataRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. Email

   Electronic mail, most commonly referred to as email or e-mail since ca. 1993, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the same time, in common with instant messaging. Today's email systems are based on a store-and-forward model. Email servers accept, forward, deliver, and store messages. Neither the users nor their computers are required to be online simultaneously; they need connect only briefly, typically to a mail server, for as long as it takes to send or receive messages. Historically, the term electronic mail was used generically for any electronic document transmission. For example, several writers in the early 1970s used the term to describe fax document transmission. As a result, it is difficult to find the first citation for the use of the term with the more specific meaning it has today. An Internet email message consists of three components, the message envelope, the message header, and the message body.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. email

   (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 émaillé (enameled) and related to Old French emmailleüre (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.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. email

   A form of electronic communication system.

   Email is a global tool and form of communication.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 25, 2020  

How to pronounce email?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say email in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of email in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of email in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of email in a Sentence

1. Laurel Golden:

   I get these emails two to three times a week sometimes from Chicago Public Schools, and it says there's been an exposure in the school -- and if you need to take further action, you'll get a further email, then I breathe a sigh of relief when I see it's not for one of our classrooms.

2. Miami Marlins:

   I was basically told that I could not come cover the Marlins. I was denied credentials right after I went to the British Virgin Islands, that trip, i was actually approved for the next day, for that Sunday, and then I got a denial email, and then was denied about a week later when I applied yet again. I spoke to Marlins PR and they basically don’t like the way that I cover the team. So I’ve been denied credentials since then.

3. Alex Ondrick:

   Regularly rotate passwords, especially on email/social media accounts, and for Wi-Fi and home router(s).

4. Eric Phillips:

   D.O.I. is right, employees are supposed to use their government email for government work. That’s always been the protocol and we remind City Hall and agency staff of that frequently. We consider personal email and documents in someone’s personal possession subject to FOIL when they relate to government business.

5. Varun Badhwar:

   Even if the data that was leaked is mostly publicly available, having one large data dump makes it easier for attackers to run attack campaigns where they send mass phishing emails to the 33.7 million unique email addresses at the impacted organizations, so while it’s important to quickly investigate this specific breach and find the root cause, it’s even more important for the impacted organizations to ensure that they have tools to be able to monitor their networks for anomalous activity and stay vigilant.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=email
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Email
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=email
6. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Email