Email Vocabulary Digital Literacy
Cc (Courtesy Copy)
.Courtesy Copy (carbon copy) including one or more recipients when a message is intended for one person but relevant to other people as well.
Emoticon
.Used to convey emotion, gestures, or expressions which could not otherwise be derived from mere text.
address book
A feature of most e-mail programs that allows you to keep track of frequently used e-mail addresses.
attachment
A file sent with an email message (image, video, document) Often represented by a paperclip icon.
Signature Block
A personalized black of text automatically included at the bottom of an email. Helps incase usernames are anonymous.
Web-based email services
An e-mail service that allows a user to send electronic messages to any other user that has an account with another email service on the internet.
Inline Image
An image that is placed inside the body of the email.
Unique
Every email address must be _______. No two email address can be the same from the same provider.
subject
Informative, catchy, and brief line of text screen when the email reaches the recipients inbox.
Netiquette
Internet (including e-mail) behavior which is considered polite, friendly and non-offensive.
Messages distributed by email application software from one digital device to another using a network.
reply
Response to an email that goes to a single person(the person who sent the original email)
new
The e-mail command that opens the box where you can create an e-mail message.
Send
The email command that actually transmits the message electronically.
username
The first part of an email address is the _____ followed by the @ symbol and then the email provider.
forward
The operation of re-sending an email message delivered to one email address to one or more different email addresses
reply to all
The response to an email that goes to everyone who was included in the email, including CC.
Privacy
There are no laws protecting a person's _________ when it comes to e-mail messages like there are with regular mail.
Bcc (Blind Courtesy Copy)
lets other see an email without the main recipient knowing.
spam
unwanted e-mail
