address
noun
a series of letters, numbers, and symbols that you need to send someone an email message
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noun
a series of letters, numbers, and symbols that you need to send someone an email message
verb
if an email message bounces, it is sent back to you without reaching the person you sent it to
to send someone a copy of an email or letter that you are sending to another person
verb
to send a single electronic message or article to several different newsgroups at the same time
noun
a secret way of adding your name to an electronic message to prove that you are who you say you are. Digital signatures are used when you buy goods or make agreements on the Internet.
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a symbol that you type in an email or text message to show how you feel. For example the emoticon :-) means happy or friendly.
noun
electronic signature: a way of adding your name to an electronic document such as an email, used when you are buying goods or making agreements on the Internet
verb
to send a letter, parcel, email etc that has been sent to your address to someone else at another address
noun
the activity of communicating with someone directly over the Internet and replying to their messages as soon as they arrive
a piece of software that automatically sends a copy of every email received to all members of a group
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a system in which a group of Internet users regularly write email messages about a particular subject for other members of the group to read
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a method of reducing the size of a computer file that contains sound, especially music, so that it can be sent quickly by email or over the Internet
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the ability of the person who receives a message to know who sent it, especially by the digital signature on the message
abbreviation
An abbreviation for Oh my God: written to show surprise or excitement about something, especially in text messages or emails
noun
a way of keeping Internet messages secret in which a single key (=letter or number) changes the message into code and back again
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email sent to a particular group of people in order to advertise a product or service
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the symbol :-), used in emails for emphasizing that you are joking. A smiley is a type of emoticon.
abbreviation
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: the main method of sending emails on the Internet, consisting of rules for how programs sending email should work with programs receiving email
noun
emails that are sent to large numbers of people on the Internet, especially when these are not wanted
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the practice of sending emails to large numbers of people on the Internet, especially when these are not wanted
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emails that are sent to large numbers of people on the Internet and that arrive on their computer screens in the form of instant messages, especially when these are not wanted
noun
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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