Structural Analysis of Username Segment in E-Mail Addresses of MCA Institutes of Gujarat State

E-mail has become a key mechanism of electronic communication. This is truer for professional organizations that like to communicate with their subjects online and are slowly shifting to paperless offices. The current paper focuses specifically on academic institutions offering Master of Computer Application (MCA) courses in Gujarat State and attempts a textual analysis of the usernames of the institutional e-mail addresses. It was found that the institutions tend to design the username segment of their e-mail addresses by choosing words or combination of words from specific categories. The paper also highlights the use of special characters, digits and random words in designing the usernames. On the sidelines, the paper lists the style of employing department names and designations in the design process. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first formal attempt to analyze the selection of words employed for designing the username segment of institutional e-mail addresses.