n. ~ 1. Spoken messages recorded using telephone equipment. - 2. A system for recording, playback, and management of telephone messages. - 3. Spoken messages recorded and delivered as attachments to e [..]

A system of storing messages in a private recording medium which allows the called party to later retrieve the messages.

Voice mail describes a network system that enables unanswered phone calls to be diverted to a personal answering service. Revenue may be generated by making a connection charge to the service, a subsc [..]

A service provided by a phone network to store and manage voice messages for individual users. Like an answering machine, voice mail can handle a call when the person being called is unavailable, by p [..]

Internet Glossary Refers to e-mail systems that support audio. Users can leave spoken messages for one another and listen to the messages by executing the appropriate command in the e-mail system.

Refers to e-mail systems that support audio. Users can leave spoken messages for one another and listen to the messages by executing the appropriate command in the e-mail system.

A messaging system that allows a person to send, receive, and store audio messages using a standard telephone receiver. Also spelled voicemail. See also: e-mail and fax.

A service that allows a subscriber to receive messages via a voice mailbox system when an unanswered call is received on their phone or cell phone.

See MessageBank.

Sadly, the word and phenomenon persist. (Though at some point, people deleted the space: voicemail.)

A computerized, highly sophisticated answering service that automatically answers your call, plays a greeting in your own voice and records a message. Depending on the sophistication [..]

A feature that lets a caller leave a message or access other available options if a line is busy or not answered.

Voice mail is a network feature offered by most networks. It is similar to an answering machine and allows the caller to leave a voice message if the person called is unavailable. This feature means t [..]

(uncountable) a computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network (countable) an individual message on such a sy [..]