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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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 [wn]:
noun: (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}]
verb: communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me the good news" [syn: {email}, {netmail}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun: (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}]
verb: 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) [jargon]:
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) [foldoc]:
e-mail {electronic mail}
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