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not all email goes over the Internet: BBSes and LANs provided email, too
[[File:Compete-email-marketshare.png|right|350px]]
[[File:Compete-email-marketshare.png|right|350px]]
'''Electronic mail''', or '''e-mail''' for short, consists of messages sent over the [[Internet]]. E-mail can be sent and received via newer types of [[wireless]] phones, but that typically requires a specific e-mail account. [[Category:Telecommunications]]
'''Electronic mail''', or '''e-mail''' for short, consists of messages sent over the from one computer to another, typically over the [[Internet]]. E-mail can be sent and received via newer types of [[wireless]] phones, but that typically requires a specific e-mail account. [[Category:Telecommunications]]
E-mail in its current form was invented in 1971 as part of the military's computer network - ARPANET (although similar forms of computer-to-computer
E-mail in its current form was invented in 1971 as part of the military's computer network - ARPANET (although similar forms of computer-to-computer