Gmail Vocabulary

Electronic mail is a method of exchanging messages between people using electronic devices. Email was thus conceived as the electronic version of, or counterpart to, mail, at a time when "mail" meant only physical mail.

blind carbon copy allows the sender of a message to conceal the person entered in the Bcc field from the other recipients. This concept originally applied to paper correspondence and now also applies to email.

in its full form, stands for Carbon Copy, a function that allows you to send a single email to multiple contacts. It is often used to keep colleagues and clients in the loop, especially when you want to share information but you don't necessarily need a reply.

Email spam, also referred to as junk email, spam mail, or simply spam, is unsolicited messages sent in bulk by email. The name comes from a Monty Python sketch in which the name of the canned pork product Spam is ubiquitous, unavoidable, and repetitive.

unwanted or unsolicited email, typically in the form of advertising or promotional material.

When you delete a message, it stays in your trash for 30 days. After that time, it will be permanently deleted. If you want to remove a message from your inbox but don't want to delete it, you can archive the message.

allows you to change the signature in your email, arrange away messages and has settings to help you organize and store important information.

Phishing is when attackers send malicious emails designed to trick people into falling for a scam. Typically, the intent is to get users to reveal financial information, system credentials or other sensitive data.