What does c.c. stand for on the "compose email ?"?

carbon copy....





It means that you are sending a copy to a third party indirectly related to the subject. The recipients can see who you have `cc`ed it to.





If you want to send a copy without the recipients in the `To` bar being aware - you use BCC which is Blind Carbon Copy.





Hope that helps :)

What does c.c. stand for on the "compose email ?"?
Carbon Copy OR Courtesy Copy- it means you're sending a copy of the email to someone else and they're not required/expected to reply.
Reply:It stands for "carbon copy". If you put an address in as "c.c." it will send a copy of the e-mail to the primary addresses as well as those addresses listed as "c.c". Once sent all of the recipients can see the addresses listed as "To:" as well as those listed as "c.c.". If you want to send a copy to an address that others will not be aware of you can use the "b.c.c." or "blind carbon copy".
Reply:It stand for 'copies sent to'....
Reply:carbon copy
Reply:Originally, it stood for 'carbon copy'. But as no one uses carbon paper anymore, it simply means a copy will be sent to ...
Reply:carbon copy ,which I find kind of funny. When we used typewriters we would put a piece of carbon paper between 2 pieces of paper. It was messy and horrible especially if you made an error.


I asked a question about this about a month ago.


The woman who gave the best answer suggested we should start saying cyber copy instead.


http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
Reply:Carbon Copy
Reply:carbon copy, meaning if you want to send the same email to other people, put ther email addys in that box
Reply:Carbon copy. It just sends the same thing to whoever's address you type in there.
Reply:cc = carbon copy.





One uses it to point out to the addressee who else is getting copied of the document.





Once upon a time, before photocopiers, people would need to place a piece of carbon paper between two pieces of typing paper. The image would then appear on the next page.
Reply:CC is before your time.,..





It stands for Carbon Copy...





This was a type of paper that went between pages and when you typed on one, it copied to the other.. You may have seen this in receipts in a diner where the blue stuff goes between sheets as they tally up your bill...





It's an old term, but essentially means that an identical copy of the original...