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spam

Email spam, also known as unsolicited bulk email (UBE), junk mail, or unsolicited commercial email (UCE), is the practice of sending unwanted email messages, frequently with commercial content, in large quantities to an indiscriminate set of recipients.

phishing

Phishing email will direct the user to visit a website where they are asked to update personal information, such as a password, credit card, social security, or bank account numbers, that the legitimate organization already has

typeface

font used to type text

attachment

A file attached to an e-mail message

QWERTY

refers to the arrangement of keys on a standard English computer keyboard or typewriter. The name derives from the first six characters on the top alphabetic line of the keyboard.

zip

A file that contains one or more files that have been compressed into the ZIP format. to compress (a file) in archive format, so it requires less memory to save and store it

junk mail

Junk mail is defined as unwanted messages, advertisements, coupons and other offerings that are delivered to you via email.

compress

The re-encoding of data (usually the binary data used by computers) into a form that uses fewer bits of information than the original data. Compression is often used to speed the transmission of data such as text or visual images, or to minimize the memory resources needed to store such data.

decompress

Uncompressing (or decompressing) is the act of expanding a compression file back into its original form. Software that you download from the Internet often comes in a compressed package that can uncompress itself when you click on it.

inbox

a folder for receiving and storing incoming e-mails or text messages

archive

archiving a Gmail message does not permanently delete the message. The message is removed from the inbox but is still accessible via a search

thread

email message that includes a running list of all the succeeding replies starting with the original email. The replies are arranged visually near the original message, usually in chronological order from the first reply to the most recent. This order is useful for the readers following the conversation


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