e-mail

Electronic mail or computer-based mail

The whole of an electronic document containing the message envelope and message content (attachments, etc.).

Electronic Mail (TelComm/Computer term).

also E-mail, and email, Abbreviation for electronic mail. An electronic means for communication in which (a) usually text is transmitted (but sometimes also graphics and/or audio information), (b) operations include sending, storing, processing, and receiving information, (c) users are allowed to communicate under specified conditions, and (d) messages are held in storage until called for by the addressee. Some e-mail software permits the attachment of separate electronic files, e.g., word-processor files, graphics files, audio files.

Also called electronic mail, refers to messages sent over the Internet. E-mail can be sent and received via newer types of wireless phones, but you generally need to have a specific e-mail account.