Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment i
A file sent along with an e-mail message so that it can be viewed or saved by the recipient
Suppose you want to send a friend an Excel spreadsheet or a picture Use the "Attachment" function of your E-mail system to hook the file onto an E-mail message If you receive a message with an attachment, you can either save the attachment as a file (to be opened later with the appropriate software) or in many cases, you can open it directly, providing your E-mail program knows what software to use
An attachment is a file that is attached to an email message Attachments are normally considered separately from the body of the email message, and can be nearly any type of file Attachments can contain malicious programs, such as viruses and Trojans, and should be opened with care (and scanned for viruses prior to being opened)
An attachment is a device that can be fixed onto a machine in order to enable it to do different jobs. Some models come with attachments for dusting
the act of attaching or affixing something faithful support for a religion or cause or political party a supplementary part or accessory a connection that fastens things together a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
It is possible to send any kind of document (a Word-processed document, an image, a spreadsheet, a database) as an attachment to an E-mail message How to use this facility will depend upon the E-Mail software you are using, which all differ in the same way that Word-processing software products differ Often there can be problems with decoding the attachment when it is received - though this can sometimes be avoided by specifying clearly what kind of document is being sent to the E-Mail software at the point of sending
An attachment is a file that is sent along with an e-mail message When you include a file with an e-mail message, you are said to be attaching the file, or sending it as an attachment Find out more about e-mail
A file sent along with an e-mail message If the attached file is encoded, transmitted, and decoded properly, the receiver of the e-mail can open the file and view the document in its original form Unfortunately, attachments are sometimes rendered unusable because of differences in hardware or software configurations between a sender and a receiver or in network boundaries
A relationship that is not in the best interests of one or both of the participants
A file that is sent as part of an email message but that is not part of the main message Usually images, programs, or word processor files are sent as attachments, because most email programs allow only plain text in the body of a message