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Gmail Vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gmail | Google’s web-based email service. |
| Electronic mail, a way of delivering messages over the Internet. | |
| POP Email | A type of email service where messages are stored on an email server and delivered directly to users’ computers via email client software. (POP stands for Post Office protocol, the protocol used to retrieve email messages from the server. |
| Inbox | The main storage area for a new incoming email messages. |
| Label | A keyword or tag that describes an email message. |
| Priority Inbox | A special Gmail inbox that organizes messages in order of importance. |
| Snippet | A short excerpt from an email message. |
| Star | A means of flagging important email message. |
| Archive | A means of storing older or inactive email messages. |
| Filter | A means of applying one or more actions to incoming messages that meet specific criteria. |
| Keyword | A word included as part of a search query. |
| Conversation | A grouping of related email messages. |
| Signature | Personalized text that appears at the bottom of an email message. |
| Attachment | A file that is attached to a normal text email message. |
| Executable Program File | A computer file that contains a software program. |
| CC Carbon Copy | Carbon copy; sends a message to additional recipients. |
| BCC Blind Carbon Copy | Blind carbon copy; sends a message to additional recipients without displaying their addresses. |
| Spam | Unsolicited commercial email. |
| Computer Virus | A malicious computer program capable of reproducing itself and causing harm to files or programs on a computer system. |
| Contact | A person to whom you send email and with whom you exchange instant messages. |
| Contact Group | A group of contacts, typically used to send email mailing lists. |
| Vacation Mode | When enabled, puts a Gmail account on hold while the user is on vacation. |