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Definitions of imap word

abbreviation Technical meaning of IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol 3
noun Definition of imap in Technology (protocol, messaging) (IMAP) A protocol allowing a client to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on a server. It permits manipulation of remote message folders (mailboxes), in a way that is functionally equivalent to local mailboxes. IMAP includes operations for creating, deleting, and renaming mailboxes; checking for new messages; permanently removing messages; searching; and selective fetching of message attributes, texts, and portions thereof. It does not specify a means of posting mail; this function is handled by a mail transfer protocol such as SMTP. See RFC 2060, RFC 2061, and others. Compare: POP. 1
noun acronym imap Internet Message Access Protocol: a way of accessing e-mail messages which are held on an internet server, rather than on an individual's computer 0
noun acronym imap (as modifier) 0

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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