ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS

Domain	Definition
Computing	Electronic mail address (Usually "e-mail address", rarely "e-dress", "e-ddress") The string used to specify the source or destination of an electronic mail message. E.g. "john@doc.acme.ac.uk". The RFC 822 standard is probably the most widely used on the Internet though X.400 is also in use in Europe and Canada. UUCP-style (bang path) addresses or other kinds of source route became virtually extinct in the 1990s. In the example above, "john" is the local part which is the name of a mailbox on the destination computer. If the sender and recipient use the same computer, or the same LAN, for electronic mail then the local part is usually all that is required. If they use different computers, e.g. they work at different companies or use different Internet service providers, then the "host part", e.g. "sales.acme.com" must be appended after an "@". This usually takes the form of a fully qualified domain name or, within a large organisation, it may be just the hostname part, e.g. "sales". The destination computer named by the host part is often a server of some kind rather than an individual's workstation or PC. The user's mail is stored on the server and read later via client mail software running on the user's computer. Large organisations, such as universities will often set up a global alias directory which maps a simple user name such as "jsmith" to an address which contains more information such as "jsmith@london.bigcomp.co.uk". This hides the detailed knowledge of where the message will be delivered from the sender, making it much easier to redirect mail if a user leaves or moves to a different computer for example. (1996-10-22). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 4C 45 43 54 52 4F 4E 49 43 4D 41 49 4C 41 44 44 52 45 53 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01001100 01000101 01000011 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001110 01001001 01000011 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001001 01001100 00100000 01000001 01000100 01000100 01010010 01000101 01010011 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#76 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#78 &#73 &#67 &#32 &#77 &#65 &#73 &#76 &#32 &#65 &#68 &#68 &#82 &#69 &#83 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 004C 0045 0043 0054 0052 004F 004E 0049 0043 004D 0041 0049 004C 0041 0044 0044 0052 0045 0053 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS

Specialty Definition: ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS

Computing

Crosswords: ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS

Alternative Orthography: ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS

45 4C 45 43 54 52 4F 4E 49 43 4D 41 49 4C 41 44 44 52 45 53 53

01000101 01001100 01000101 01000011 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001110 01001001 01000011 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001001 01001100 00100000 01000001 01000100 01000100 01010010 01000101 01010011 01010011

&#69 &#76 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#78 &#73 &#67 &#32 &#77 &#65 &#73 &#76 &#32 &#65 &#68 &#68 &#82 &#69 &#83 &#83

0045 004C 0045 0043 0054 0052 004F 004E 0049 0043 004D 0041 0049 004C 0041 0044 0044 0052 0045 0053 0053

39463937545249484337247354346235383852395353

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