Electronic Mall (e-mail)

A type of client/server application that provides a rootexi, st<* \!rvs<.i,iv service between any two user e-mail accounts. E-mail accounts are not the same as user accounts, but j one-to-one relationship usually exists between them. Becausc all modern computers can attach to the Internet, users can send c-mail over the Internet to anv location that has telephone or »irviess digital Mr- vice. See also Internet.