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Email Abbreviations

Electronic mail or email is the technology of sending and receiving electronic letters within the distributed global computer network. Nowadays emails enjoy superiority over other means of information (data) transfer. They are much cheaper than telephone calls and much faster than regular letters. Email can be sent to any country of the world and the recipient will receive it in a few seconds. By means of emails you can send not only text messages. You can also exchange photos, videos, slides, music files with your friends and acquaintances from different corners of the planet. Due to these benefits email is one of the most popular services of the Internet. But using electronic mail has one significant drawback. You will often receive spam - viral advertising mails - that can infect your computer. Millions of users from all over the world send and receive lots of emails every day. This has led to the emergence of email abbreviations that help to save our time. Here is the list of the most popular ones. Emoticons occupy a separate place among email abbreviations. These are the combinations of symbols which show the facial expression of the sender, his or her intonation, emotions and attitude. We have compiled a collection of most widely used emoticons for you.