mailbox
1. <messaging> A file belonging to a particular user on a particular
computer in which received electronic mail messages are stored ready for the
user to read them. A mailbox may be just an electronic mail address to which
messages are sent and may not actually correspond to a file if the messages are
processed automatically, e.g. a mail server or mailing list.
2. <programming> A destination for interprocess messages in a message
passing system. A mailbox is a message queue, usually stored in the memory of
the processor on which the receiving process is running. Primitives are provided
for sending a message to a named mailbox and for reading messages from a
mailbox.
(1994-10-20)
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