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P-mail N. [rare] Physical Mail, As Opposed To Email.
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P-mail n.
[rare] Physical mail, as opposed to email.
Synonymous with snail-mail, but much less common.
Related:
P-mail: n. Physical mail, as opposed to {email}. Synonymous with {snail-mail}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
ail-mail n. Paper mail, as opposed to electronic.
Sometimes written as the single word `SnailMail'....
ail-mail: n. Paper mail, as opposed to electronic.
Sometimes written as the single word `SnailMail'....
email: /ee'mayl/ (also written `e-mail') 1. n. Electronic mail automatically passed through computer networks and/or via modems over common-carrier lines.
Contrast {snail-mail}, {paper-net}, {voice-net}....
paper-net: n. Hackish way of referring to the postal service, analogizing it to a very slow, low-reliability network.
USENET {sig block}s sometimes include a "Paper-Ne...
email /ee'mayl/ (also written `e-mail' and `E-mail') 1.
. Electronic mail automatically passed through computer networks and/or via modems over common-carrier lines....
ail vt. To snail-mail something. "Snail me a copy of those graphics, will you?
ail: vt. To {snail-mail} something. "Snail me a copy of those graphics, will you?
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
paper-net n. Hackish way of referring to the postal service, analogizing it to a very slow, low-reliability network.
Usenet sig blocks sometimes include a "Paper-Ne...