snail mail

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von snail mail im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: (Bilgisayar) salyangoz posta

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von snail mail im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: retronym for postal mail, emphasizing its slowness compared to email; regular mail, normal postal service (not electronic mail); the standard name on the Internet for paper mail because e-mail can travel across the world in seconds and paper mail takes days; Conventional mail (as delivered by the post office) - very slow compared to e-mail; The Internet term for regular paper mail, because Email can travel across the country in seconds; A colloquial term for paper mail handled by the U S Post Office; Mail sent through the post office, as opposed to E-mail; Slang for regular paper mail, sent through the Post Office; Traditional paper mail via the U S postal service Back to Top; Snail mail is the name given to the traditional postal service; A term for traditional land and air mail services, which takes days to deliver a message, versus seconds for delivery of email; For those used to the almost instantaneous delivery of electronic mail, it is the term used for the more traditional pace of the US Postal Service; A term for traditional land and air mail services which takes much, much longer than an email message; A slightly derisive reference to the Postal Service, which is seen in the Internet world as definitely inferior to e-mail, moving at the pace of a snail, taking several days to deliver a message that takes a few seconds by e-mail; any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service; "email is much faster than snail mail"; A term that email users use to describe the traditional mail or post office service; The sending of mail using the traditional postal systems as opposed to e-mail Termed because of its slowness compared to electronic mail; any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service; "email is much faster than snail mail; The U S Postal service or other form of ground mail As opposed to E-Mail; A slang term for the U S Postal Service Nicknamed snail mail because the delivery time of a posted letter is slow when compared to the fast delivery of e-mail; Some computer users refer to the postal system as snail mail, because it is very slow in comparison with e-mail. Mail delivered by a postal system, as distinct from electronic mail. the system of sending letters by post, as opposed to using email - used humorously; A term for traditional land and air mail services, which take days to deliver a message, versus seconds for delivery of email; The standard name on the Internet for paper mail because email can travel across the country in seconds, where as letter sent via the post office could take days; A term that E-mail clients use to describe the traditional mail or post office service A note will take seconds to go from London to Sydney via E-mail but a number of days via Snail Mail; items that travel via the postal service, which in the Information Age is viewed as terribly slow; A term often used by Internet aficionados to describe traditional ground mail via the U S Postal Service, referring to its relatively slow speed of delivery compared to e-mail; This term is used by supercilious fans of email to describe the regular paper-based mail service Since the delay between sending email and receiving it can be as little as a few seconds, regular mail seems a lot slower by comparison; Traditional or surface mail sent through postal services such as the USPS; Slang for regular, paper mail sent through the postal services; Plain old paper mail United States Post Office Cliff Claven delivered snail mail when he wasn't drinking with Norm at Cheers; A mail system in which you print the message you want to send to another person, address a paper envelope of the correct size to fit the paper, insert the paper in the envelope, close the envelope, find a postage stamp, and place the entire thing in a U S mail box Many Unix users find electronic mail simpler, faster, and more convenient; As opposed to e-mail; AKA the U S Postal Service; the U S Postal Service
snailmail: The term used to define the method of a letter being physically delivered to a person using the Post Office or some other letter carrier
snailmail: Snailmail is a derogatory term applied to conventional mail sent with a stamp While paper mail is certainly much slower than e-mail in reaching its destination, it certainly isn't as slow as a snail!