Email
* EMail generic term to refer to all types of electronic mail, including that on the internet
  - means in which individual users can send messages to and from each other directly
* Use electronic mail to transmit or receive messages almost instantaneously.
* a way to send an electronic message from one computer to another over the Internet.
* allows computer users all over the world to exchange messages.
* also allows for the attachment of computer documents to messages.
* can be a deflated form of expression, or it can bore down deep in the psyche
  - weapon in organizational politics
  - remove social distance as well as geographical distance as it suppresses status cues
* communication tool that grows in popularity yearly.
* considers the fastest and most economical form of communication.
* containing a malicious payload popular new method of attacking computers
  - types of data other than text is known as multimedia email
* convenient and efficient means of communication.
* digital medium which can be used by all computer based tools.
* drives widespread Internet adoption.
* facilitates rapid communication in an otherwise limited communications environment.
* far more personal medium than print.
* fast and cost effective method of communicating
  - efficient way to communicate
  - way to contact elected officials, especially in large numbers
* fast, cheap way of sending messages around the world.
* form of plebian power.
* forwarding accounts are real email address.
* hybrid of writing and talking.
* involves the use of attachments to achieve such ends.
* is also a very useful mechanism for electronically sending and receiving computer files
  - an informal way to network
  - the technology underlying mailing lists
  - always what person getting mail at what mail computer
* is an alternative means of communication
  - asynchronous method of communication
* is an easy and efficient way to send information to another person
  - informal method of communication
  - way of sending messages to other Internet users around the world
* is an inexpensive and quick means of communication
  - inexpensive, easy and popular means of communication
  - informal and unsecure means of communication
  - invaluable communication for businesses
  - another common component of the Internet
  - based on writing letters, notes, and remembering people
  - both a powerful and a limited form of communication
  - by far the most inexpensive form of communication across global distances
  - considered today's killer app as the primary means of communicating electronically
  - designed to save time by speeding up communication
  - different from paper-based communication
* is electronic communication
  - mail, sent from computer to computer
  - for sending and receiving messages to other people
* is how new information is usually communicated
  - the school is going to communicate information to their students
  - increasingly important in today's society
* is just one of the services of the Internet
  - technologies known as the Internet
  - like any other form of communication
  - mail in non-print form
* is meant for informal correspondence and scholarly communications
  - as well as scholarly and scientific communications
  - now the primary form of business communication
* is one of the Internet's most powerful tools
  - fastest and most convenient ways to distribute viruses throughout the Internet
  - leading methods of transmitting viruses
* is one of the most commonly used Internet services
  - popular Internet services
  - powerful yet most underutilized internet tools
  - read and used forms of communication between college students
  - oldest and most popular Internet-based applications
  - primary potential sources of virus propagation
* is one way that error messages and alerts can be delivered to the right people
  - people on the internet can communicate with each other
  - to respond to a web site
  - perhaps one of the most basic ways to receive and store credit card numbers
  - possibly the most powerful aspect of the Internet
  - private correspondence between the sender and the recipient
* is probably the most familiar form of asynchronous electronic communication
  - useful example of the transfer of files between computers
  - wide-spread use of the Internet today
  - widely-used communications tool on the Internet
  - recognized as written communication and is considered public record
  - sent literally anywhere in the world at the speed of light
  - sent, received, and stored by computers called mail servers
  - short for electronic mail and is the most used of all Internet applications
  - similar to a postcard sent through the postal service
* is the app that every parent uses
  - basic means of communications on the internet
  - best form of communication for educators
  - biggest use of the Internet
  - center of the communication hub within today's successful corporate organizations
  - classic and the most popular method of information push
  - closest thing to the invention of LIVE television
  - common denominator for everyone on the Internet
  - computer transmission and storage of written messages
  - driving force of the Internet
* is the electronic equivalent of postcards
  - writing a letter and sending it to someone in the post
  - way to deliver information that used to be delivered by mail or fax
  - engine that is driving users to the Internet
  - faster, cheaper and easier alternative to words on paper
  - fastest growing use of the Internet
  - first wave of Internet's benefits
  - killer application of the Internet
  - lifeblood of the Internet
  - lowest common denominator of net-access
* is the main form of communication to countless people all over the world
  - way that work gets done among professionals in many diverse fields
  - most basic function of networks
* is the most common carrier of computer viruses
  - device for communication
  - form of Internet discourse
* is the most commonly used method spreading viruses
  - network service that depends upon a messaging infrastructure
  - service on the Internet
  - impersonal of all forms of communication
* is the most important and most often used software on the Internet
  - asynchronous way for communication
* is the most popular form of Internet communication
  - correspondence between viewers and advertisers
  - online sport communication
  - media for communication on Internet
  - popularly used feature of the Internet according to recent reports
  - reliable medium of communication
* is the most used arm of the Internet
  - service of the Internet
* is the most widely used application on the internet
  - facet of the Internet
  - of all Internet services
* is the number one reason people go online, and they demand continuous availability
  - use of the Internet and is now the dominant form of business communications
  - postal system of the Internet
* is the preferred medium of communication
  - mode of correspondence for preschoolers and octogenarians
* is the primary form of person to person communication on the Internet
  - means of individual communication between instructor and student
  - source of communication
  - vehicle for communication
  - today the most powerful method of distributing information on earth
* is used actively for correspondence and for interlibrary loan
  - extensively for interaction with customers
  - for communicating with other libraries
* major source of viruses, especially by means of scripts or programs attached to messages.
* map to a company's past, present, and future.
* marvellous form of instant communication and most participants use it.
* means electronic mail - that is, a message sent through a computer system or network
  - of communicating one on one with another person
* medium for storing and sending information.
* non-secure medium.
* personal, friendly, informal medium.
* quick and easy way to communicate.
* represents the ultimate form of communication to reach an enduser.
* significant, but somewhat limited, communication form.
* stands for electronic mail.
* system that carries messages on the net.
* text based system
  - document and all viruses require some sort of execution to be occurring
* veritable conveyor belt for viruses, facilitating their rapid distribution.
* very efficient form of cheap, fast communication
  - flat form of communication
* way of sending messages to people via their computers that are hooked to the Internet.