Definition: e-mail

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

e-mail
     n : (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 [syn: electronic
         mail, email]
     v : communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me
         the good news" [syn: email, netmail]

email
     n : (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 [syn: electronic
         mail, e-mail]
     v : communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me
         the good news" [syn: e-mail, netmail]

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10)

e-mail

   electronic mail

Source: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

email /ee'mayl/ (also written `e-mail' and `E-mail') 1. n. Electronic
   mail automatically passed through computer networks and/or via modems
   over common-carrier lines. Contrast snail-mail, paper-net,
   voice-net. See network address. 2. vt. To send electronic mail.

   Oddly enough, the word `emailed' is actually listed in the OED; it
   means "embossed (with a raised pattern) or perh. arranged in a net or
   open work". A use from 1480 is given. The word is probably derived from
   French `e'maille'' (enameled) and related to Old French `emmailleu"re'
   (network). A French correspondent tells us that in modern French,
   `email' is a hard enamel obtained by heating special paints in a
   furnace; an `emailleur' (no final e) is a craftsman who makes email (he
   generally paints some objects (like, say, jewelry) and cooks them in a
   furnace).

   There are numerous spelling variants of this word. In Internet traffic
   up to 1995, `email' predominates, `e-mail' runs a not-too-distant
   second, and `E-mail' and `Email' are a distant third and fourth.