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email communication hasn't changed much over the last few decades since it first became popular most of the lingo we use today is still the same we borrowed many of the terms associated with emails from the days when we communicated using paper mail cc and bcc are perfect examples of this but what does it all mean cc stands for carbon copy when you type someone's address in this field you'll send a copy of your email to them the term comes from the days when communicating through paper was extremely common everyone made copies of documents by placing a sheet of carbon paper between two sheets of regular paper when the pen applied pressure on the top sheet the writing was transferred to the bottom one thanks to the carbon paper itself this allowed people to make and send copies quickly without having to write everything out in duplicate email carbon copies may no longer involve carbon paper but the principle is the same you send copies of your email to other people so when someone tells you to cc them they want a copy of a mail that you're sending to someone else for example if you're communicating with a client you might want to cc or manager so they can keep track of the conversation bcc stands for blind carbon copy and it works like cc with one major difference when you cc someone the recipients of your email will see who else received the email both the person or persons in the to field and the cc field will be able to see each other's email addresses bcc adds a layer of secrecy only the sender can see the list and the bcc recipient will only see their email address in the bcc field even if the center added more than one person when privacy is required use the bcc field for example if you're having an email conversation with a customer and you need to tag your manager you should send a blind carbon copy there's no reason for your customer to know that someone else is being kept in the loop now that you know what cc and bcc mean you're probably wondering why you should ever send a cc instead of just adding everyone to the to field as mentioned earlier everyone can see who has added to the cc list technically cc isn't any different from the main to field so why use it the answer is simple it's etiquette the two section is reserved for the main recipient or recipients they're the ones directly involved with the subject of the email you're sending you should use the cc field to send a copy of that email to other parties that might be interested in information now or in the future cc is useful when you want someone else to have a copy of the email in case they need it but the person who receives the cc is not expected...