2006-08-22 18:12:00 · 7 answers · asked by archie cute 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Electronic mail, abbreviated e-mail or email, is a method of composing, sending, storing, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. The term e-mail applies both to the Internet e-mail system based on the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and to intranet systems allowing users within one company to e-mail each other. Often these workgroup collaboration organizations may use the Internet protocols for internal e-mail service.
2006-08-22 18:15:34 · answer #1 · answered by Yahoo! Answerer 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
email - electronic mail
Like personal letters, only a lot faster. Used to send messages via your computer to friends and acquaintances around the world. Requires a computer, email software, an email account through an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and a modem.
2006-08-23 03:18:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Email stands for electronic-mail, is a mechanism where in a person can send a message (text content) to another person, who could be anywere in the world but connected to internet.
Every person who wants to communicate (either sending or receiving) using email, should have an globally unique id called email id.
Email id (usually) consists of tow parts. domain and your name.
For ex., in johnvictor@yahoo.com, yahoo.com is the domain which is unique in the world and johnvictor is your id which is unique in the domain yahoo.com.
So when one sends an email to johnvictor@yahoo.com, software first sends the email to yahoo.com domain computer only because it has no idea who that johnvictor is. Yahoo.com domain computer, would in turn let's you access the mails using some authentication mechanism.
2006-08-23 01:19:39 · answer #3 · answered by brsanthu 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you dont know this yet, turn off your system before you wreck it and buy a book called computers for dummies
2006-08-23 01:16:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its like writing a letter to your family in a different state than you not in paper but computer or internet and yeah if u like one you can use hotmail.com or yahoo.com
2006-08-23 01:17:40 · answer #5 · answered by mrmach@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
electronic mail
2006-08-23 01:14:58 · answer #6 · answered by Isabelia 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
electronic mail thanks for the 2 points
2006-08-23 01:15:46 · answer #7 · answered by the boss 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋