Electronic Messaging

Electronic messaging may refer to:

One to One communication

  • Instant message (on a computer network)
  • Personal message (on a computer network)
  • Text message (on a cellular phone network)
  • SMTP (on a computer network)
  • Email (on a computer Network)
  • Voicemail (using the PSTN)
  • Fax (using the PSTN)
  • Pager (using the PSTN)


One to Many communication

  • Bulletin board system (on a computer network)
  • Internet forum (on a computer network)
  • Internet Newsgroups on the Usenet (on a computer network)

Famous quotes containing the word electronic:

    “Ideally, advertising aims at the goal of a programmed harmony among all human impulses and aspirations and endeavors. Using handicraft methods, it stretches out toward the ultimate electronic goal of a collective consciousness.”
    —Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)