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echomail

echomail noun: messages transmitted between bulletin board systems and presented on discussion forums.

Noun

echomail (uncountable)

  1. Messages transmitted between bulletin board systems and presented on discussion forums.
    • While the advantages of echomail are obvious, there are a few disadvantages.1991, Martha E. Williams, 12th National Online Meeting: proceedings — 1991: New York, May 7-9, 1991 (Infotoday)
    • This system has become quite efficient; a message entered in any of the hundreds of echomail conference areas carried on the backbone propagates around the world in less than 24 hours.1991, Philip L. Becker, Introduction to PC communications

Origin of echomail

From echo + mail.

Questions about echomail

What does echomail mean?
Echomail means messages transmitted between bulletin board systems and presented on discussion forums.
What part of speech is echomail?
Echomail is a noun.

Words near echomail in the dictionary

  1. Echols County
  2. Echolses
  3. echolucencies
  4. echolucency
  5. echolucent
  6. echomail
  7. echomatism
  8. echometer
  9. echometers
  10. echometric
  11. echometrically

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