transmission - communication by means of transmitted signals

data communication, digital communication - electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers)

e-mail, electronic mail, email - (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in

electronic messaging, messaging - the sending and processing of e-mail by computer

command prompt, prompt - (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command