[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

e-mail \e-mail\, email \email\, e-mail \e-mail\=e"m^al`,
   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

[2] : 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
see also:
e-mailed e-mailing 

[3] : 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
see also:
electronic mail email snail mail snail mail netmail 

[4] : 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
see also:
electronic mail e-mail snail mail snail mail netmail 

[5] : 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.


see also:
snail-mail paper-net voice-net network address 

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

e-mail
     
        electronic mail
     
     
see also:
electronic mail 

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