electronic communication
Signals through wires
Electronic communication is the transmission of information through electronic means—email, text messages, phone calls, video chat, and online messaging.
The term often appears in legal and workplace contexts where policies govern what can be said or stored: The company monitors all electronic communications.
It contrasts with paper correspondence and face-to-face conversation.
- emailDigital written communication
- instant messageElectronic text sent live
- textingSending typed mobile messages
- messagingSending written digital communications
- group chatShared messaging conversation
read receipt · VoIP · voice memo · teleconferencing · transmission · broadband networks · call · send · fiber optics · online interaction · net neutrality · cybersecurity · inbox · push notification · spam filter · virtual communities · cryptography · end-to-end encryption
- privacyprivacy, private, seclusion, confidentiality, solitude
electronic communicationface-to-face
Direct personal encounter
in-person · physical presence · oral tradition · word of mouth · pen and paper
electronic communicationface-to-face interaction
Communication with physical presence
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