Gmail
Gmail is Google’s email service for sending, receiving, organizing, and searching messages through web and mobile interfaces.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: A protocol that transfers email between mail servers and from clients to outgoing mail servers. Gmail uses SMTP to send messages to other email systems.
Email: A system for composing, sending, receiving, and storing electronic messages over computer networks. Gmail is one service built on the broader email system.
Google Calendar: A calendar service for creating events, scheduling meetings, and managing appointments. Gmail can surface event details and connect messages with calendar invitations.
Microsoft Outlook: Microsoft’s email and personal-information management service, available through web, desktop, and mobile applications. Outlook offers a major alternative to Gmail for personal and workplace email.
Internet Message Access Protocol: A protocol that lets email clients access and manage messages stored on a mail server. Gmail supports IMAP access for external email clients.
Email address: An identifier used to route an email message to a mailbox or other destination. Gmail accounts use email addresses to send and receive messages.
Google Meet: A video-conferencing service for online meetings and calls. Gmail integrates access to Meet for starting or joining video meetings.
Yahoo Mail: Yahoo’s email service for sending, receiving, and organizing messages. Yahoo Mail is another large consumer webmail service with a separate account ecosystem.
Email threading: The grouping of related email messages into a conversation based on their reply relationships. Gmail’s conversation view displays related messages together as threads.
Mailbox: A storage area associated with an email account where messages are collected and managed. Gmail presents messages through mailbox views such as Inbox and Sent.