Dictionary definition(s) for: e-mail

• n., An abbreviation of electronic mail, an Internet protocol that allows computer users to exchange messages and data files in real time with other users, locally and across networks.
  [ Computer and Information Sciences - Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (ODLIS) ]
  Reitz, Joan M. ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science . Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. http://lu.com/odlis/.
• n., A means for an originator of information to distribute information to an unlimited number of recipients via a value added network service which mimics the functions of the paper postal services.
  [ Arts - A Guide to Standards, Recommended Practices and Reference Literature Related to the Preservation of Documents of All Kinds - Glossary , Page: 51 ]
  Boston, George, and Milton Keynes, eds. Safeguarding the Documentary Heritage: A Guide to Standards, Recommended Practices and Reference Literature Related to the Preservation of Documents of All Kinds. Paris: UNESCO, 1998. Also available online at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001126/112676eo.pdf.
• n., A means of transmitting correspondence over telephone lines, cable lines and/or computer networks or of relaying messages via satellite networks.
  [ General Dictionaries - Records Management ]
  Kallaus, Norman F. and Judith Read Smith. Records Management. 6th ed. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western Educational, 1997.
• n., Messages automatically passed from one computer user to another, often through computer networks and/or via modems over telephone lines.
  [ Computer and Information Sciences - Free Online Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC) ]
  FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing. http://foldoc.org/.
• n., Messages, documents, etc., sent between users of computer systems, the computer systems being used to transport and hold the e-mail.
  [ Sciences - A Dictionary of Physics ]
  A Dictionary of Physics. Ed. John Daintith. Oxford University Press, 2000. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. University of British Columbia. 3 August 2006 http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t83.e949
• n., The transmission of messages over communications networks. Language designation refers to the language of the host site.
  [ General Dictionaries - School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) Glossary ]
  School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. "Select List of Archival Terminology." School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. http://www.slais.ubc.ca/RESOURCES/students/Archival_Terminology.pdf.