n. | 1. | (Computers) a message transmitted from one computer to another, accessible by means of a mail reading program on the receiving computer. The message may have one or many intended recipients, and may be directed by the sending program to one or to multiple receiving computers. The message is typically in the form of a computer file, and may be a simple ASCII text, or any other type of binary coded information |
Noun | 1. | electronic mail - (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in Antonyms: snail mail - any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service; "email is much faster than snail mail" |