I ask my friend if she have an E-MAIL ADRESS and she said that she only have a SCREEN NAME. Whats the difference?
2006-06-08 09:30:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
A screen name is how you choose to identify yourself at a site. For example, mine is zen.
An email address may incorporate your screen name, or it may not. For example, my email address is zenzazen118@yahoo.com. Some people will use part of their email address as their screen name: catsanddogs@yahoo.com (email address) may choose the username catsanddogs. Or, they could choose a completely different screen name: catanddoglover, or something. It's up to you.
A screen name is simply a nickname. An email address is used to send and receive email.
2006-06-08 09:33:26 · answer #1 · answered by zen 7 · 11⤊ 1⤋
an e-mail address is a name plus @yahoo.com or @aol.com etc. etc. you can leave short messages, exchange information with co-workers etc.
a screen name is an id normally used on aol instant messanger but it could also be used on yahoo messanger or msn messanger.
a screen name with aol is also immediate. if we are both online at the same time we can have a conversation almost as if we were on the phone
with e-mail the person could get the message right away or possibly days, weeks or months later depending on how often they check their messages
hope that that helped!
2006-06-08 09:35:36 · answer #2 · answered by DionnaC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on the application.
However, an email address is an alias for electronic mailbox for the purpose of sending and receiving email.
A 'screen name' was originally a login/account name on AOL, which also doubled as your AOL email. However, some people consider their IM account names as 'screen names' as well.
2006-06-08 09:35:43 · answer #3 · answered by realbadmofodude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A screen name is commonly related to Instant Messaging services, such as AOL Instant Messanger, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger. An email address is your custom name, followed by an @ and your serivice provider, such as AOL, MSN, Yahoo etc. These can actully mean the same thing, but "screen name" usually means instant messenger.
2006-06-08 09:35:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your screen name is an alias.
Your email address is the desired path for people to contact you and exchange text messages and programs, pictures, etc.
2006-06-08 09:33:48 · answer #5 · answered by J.D. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u have a screen name, u have an email address. Ex: screen name@aol.com
2006-06-08 09:32:59 · answer #6 · answered by freshzzamizz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most services use the provided "screen name" as the email address also... i.e "screenname@aol.com" Something of that nature
2006-06-08 09:33:19 · answer #7 · answered by Crystal C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
example: my "screen name" is "tiffany c"
but my email is ********@hotmail.com
You dont always have to have an email to get a screen name. Tell her to just get an email address they are free and it only takes a minute.
2006-06-08 09:35:06 · answer #8 · answered by Tiffany C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your email address is where your email goes, and your can change your screen name, which is still assciated to your email address. Instead of being called janedoe@yahoo.com you can change your screen name to Jane. I hope this helps.
2006-06-08 09:34:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
screen name - alias
e-mail address - mailing address for whatever your heart desires
2006-06-08 09:33:01 · answer #10 · answered by rythizzle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋