# email (digital)

a piece of information that is carried by a device through an online web to another device

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: communication  ·  Arena: email

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [piece](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-piece.portion), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [device](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-device.tool), [web](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-web.structure), [online](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-online.digital), [carrying](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-carrying.transporting)

**Through:** the device uses the online web to carry the piece of information from one device to another

**Novel properties:**
- asymmetric transmission
- directed information transfer
- digital addressing

## Examples
- The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson in 1971 over ARPANET from one PDP-10 computer to another. *(computing)*
- In 2010, WikiLeaks transmitted classified U.S. diplomatic cables to journalists via encrypted email attachments. *(institutions)*
- A Tesla Model S receives over-the-air software updates via email-like packets routed through cellular data networks. *(engineering)*

## Used by
- [newsletter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-newsletter.communication) (L10)

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