ELECTRONIC MAIL

Pronunciation (US):

• ELECTRONIC MAIL (noun)
  The noun ELECTRONIC MAIL has 1 sense:

1. (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

  Familiarity information: ELECTRONIC MAIL used as a noun is very rare.

• 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 is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

e-mail; electronic mail; email

Hypernyms ("electronic mail" is a kind of...):

electronic communication (communication by computer)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electronic mail"):

freemail (a service providing free email delivery in exchange for exposure to advertising)

junk e-mail; spam (unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk))

Antonym:

snail mail (any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service)