electronic mail

Noun

Meaning

(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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

email e-mail telegraph telegram information technology communication message cable web wire mail correspondence communications electronic communication radiogram
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Antonyms

snail mail verbal communication personal communication

Hypernyms

electronic communication

Hyponyms

spam freemail junk e-mail

Examples

Written communication is a tremendous help for me, and so when electronic mail was invented in '71, I got very excited about it, thinking well, gee, the deaf community could really use this, or the hard-of-hearing community as well. Vint Cerf

you cannot send packages by electronic mail Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

electronic journalism electronic keyboard electronic library electronic mailbox electronic manipulative deception electronic mass media