Mailbox
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Mailbox may refer to:
- Letter boxLetter boxA letter box, letterbox, letter plate, letter hole, mail slot, or mailbox is a receptacle for receiving incoming mail at a private residence or business...
, copper box, or other sturdy material compartment, or slot for incoming postal deliveries. - Post boxPost boxA post box is a physical box into which members of the public can deposit outgoing mail intended for collection by the agents of a country's postal service...
, a physical box for outgoing postal deliveries. - Pillar boxPillar boxA pillar box is a free-standing post box. They are found in the United Kingdom and in most former nations of the British Empire, members of the Commonwealth of Nations and British overseas territories, such as the Republic of Ireland, Australia, India and Gibraltar...
, post box in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Commonwealth of Nations countries. - Pigeon-hole messagebox, e.g. a teacher's "mail box".
- Email box.
- The MailboxThe MailboxThe Mailbox is an upmarket development of offices, designer shops, restaurants, bars and luxury city-centre apartments in the City Centre and on the boundary of the City Centre Core in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It includes a mini supermarket and three art galleries: the Artlounge, Castle...
, retail complex in Birmingham, England. - Message queueMessage queueIn computer science, message queues and mailboxes are software-engineering components used for interprocess communication, or for inter-thread communication within the same process. They use a queue for messaging – the passing of control or of content...
, a means of interprocess communication.