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English Dictionary: email	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for email
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
email n (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" Synonym(s): electronic mail, e-mail, email Antonym(s): snail mail v communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me the good news" Synonym(s): e-mail, email, netmail
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [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 (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
e-mail {electronic mail}