electronic communication
Noun: 1. Communication by computer: The transmission, reception, or exchange of information using electronic devices and systems, particularly computers and computer networks. This involves sending data in digital form from one point to another.
This term is used to describe the broad category of communicating via electronic means. It is a formal or technical term often found in academic, legal, or technological contexts. - It functions as a countable noun (e.g., "various electronic communications") and an uncountable noun (e.g., "the field of electronic communication").
- Noun:
- Email is a common form of electronic communication.
- The company's policy regulates all electronic communications with clients.
- The invention of the internet revolutionized electronic communication.
- "Intercept an electronic communication": To secretly access or capture a message sent electronically.
- The law requires a warrant to intercept an electronic communication.
- Telecommunication (n): Communication over a distance by cable, telegraph, telephone, or broadcasting. (This is a broader term that can include non-computer-based systems).
- Digital communication (n): The electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (e.g., as binary data).
- Computer-mediated communication
- Digital communication (in many contexts)
- Online communication
- Electronic Communication Network (ECN): A computerized system that automatically matches buy and sell orders for securities.
- Stored electronic communication: Refers to messages held in electronic storage, such as in an email server.
This term specifically emphasizes the medium (electronic/computer systems) rather than the content or style of the message. It is distinct from face-to-face or paper-based communication.
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communication by computer
