Attachment

An attachment is a record or file associated with another record for the purpose of storage or transfer. There may be multiple attachments associated with a single parent or master record. The attachments and associated record may be managed and processed as a single unit. In common use, this term refers to a file (or files) associated with an e-mail for transfer and storage as a single message unit. Because in certain circumstances the context of the attachmentfor example, the parent e-mail and its a

Electronic files appended to an e-mail message.

An attachment is a record or file associated with another record for the purpose of storage or transfer. There may be multiple attachments associated with a single "parent" or "master" record. The attachments and associated record may be managed and processed as a single unit. In common use, this term refers to a file (or files) associated with an e-mail for transfer and storage as a single message unit. Because in certain circumstances the context of the attachment—for example, the parent e-mail and its associated metadata—can be important, an organization should consider whether its policy should authorize or restrict the disassociation of attachments from their parent records.

Taking a person's property to satisfy a courtordered debt.

An attachment is a file that is sent along with an email message. The file can be of any type (for example a spread sheet, a word processor document, an image, or an mp3).

A file attached to an e-mail message or other electronic document.

In e-mail, a computer file that is transmitted with an e-mail message. Note: Attachments are converted by an e-mail manager program, or by an add-on, to a MIME (multipurpose Internet mail extension) or binary format. The files are recovered by the recipient's e-mail manager program or by an add-on into their original, usually application-specific, format. [Bahorsky]