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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

communication, communicating go
the activity of communicating

transmission go
communication by means of transmitted signals

electronic communication
communication by computer

noun.communication

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digital communication, data communication go
electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers)
electronic mail, e-mail, email go
(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
messaging, electronic messaging go
the sending and processing of e-mail by computer
prompt, command prompt go
(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command