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E-mail

noun

(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. Synonyms: electronic mail, email.

verb

Communicate electronically on the computer. Synonyms: email, netmail.

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"E-mail" Quotes from Famous Books

... them the profits it once did: the manufacturers are the only people who make fortunes on it now-a-days; $12 per hundred is the lowest price which pays for the raising, and few crops average that now. Still every farmer essays its culture, every freedman has his email tobacco patch by his cabin door, and the Indian weed is still the great staple ...

— Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce • E. R. Billings

... sais, tout pour le physique! Une poupe aux yeux d'email Jouait au mieux de l'eventail Aupres d'un petit coq en cuire; Tous deux chantaient l'unison D'une merveilleuse facon, Dansaient, ...

— The Tales of Hoffmann - Les contes d'Hoffmann • Book By Jules Barbier; Music By J. Offenbach

... 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 ...

— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0