Kalmar “email” suna ne kuma tana nufin “waƙoƙin lantarki”. A matsayin suna, “email” na nufin tsarin aikawa, karɓa, da adana saƙonni ta hanyar lantarki ta hanyar sadarwar kwamfuta, yawanci Intanet. Hakanan yana iya komawa ga saƙonnin da kansu, waɗanda galibi tushen rubutu ne amma kuma yana iya haɗawa da haɗe-haɗe kamar hotuna, takardu, ko wasu fayiloli. Hakanan za'a iya amfani da "Imel" azaman fi'ili, ma'ana aika ko karɓar saƙonni ta hanyar imel. Kalmar “email” ta samo asali ne daga haɗakar kalmomin “electronic” da “mail” kuma ta zama hanyar sadarwa da ake amfani da ita sosai a wannan zamani na dijital.