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Listserve vs Listserv - What's the difference?

listserve | listserv | Alternative forms |

Listserv is a alternative form of listserve.



In internet terms the difference between listserve and listserv

is that listserve is an electronic mailing list using the medium of e-mail while listserv is a type of electronic mailing list, allowing for distribution of email to many subscribers.

listserve

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Internet) An electronic mailing list using the medium of e-mail.
  • * 1996 , Association for Asian Studies, Education about Asia
    • This listserve actually is instrumental in providing me with some background and insights into topics of conversation — so it helps me to meet our students...
  • * 2000 , Elizabeth Kingsley, E-advocacy for nonprofits
    • What steps can an organization take to minimize liability for third-party communications in a listserve or other interactive forum?
  • * 2001 , B Gayle Twiname, Sandra M Boyd, Student nurse handbook: difficult concepts made easy
    • For example, if you are interested in IV therapy nursing, there is a listserve for IV therapy nurses...
  • * 2004 , Margaret R Hawkins, Language learning and teacher education: a sociocultural approach
    • We will focus particularly on an analysis of participation on a listserve that the class utilized on an extended basis...

    listserv

    English

    (wikipedia listserv)

    Alternative forms

    * listserve

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet) A type of electronic mailing list, allowing for distribution of email to many subscribers.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 29, Jennifer Medina, Backers of Mayoral School Control Face Resistance, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Rather than producing flashy television spots, it has placed simple ads on Web sites of news organizations and urbanbaby.com, and tried to spread its positions by posting on education and community listservs and blogs. }}