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'''Online [[chat]]''' can refer to any kind of [[communication]] over [[Internet]], but is primarily meant to refer to direct one-on-one chat or [[text-based]] [[chat room|group chat]] (formally also known as [[synchronous conferencing]]), using tools such as [[instant messaging]] applications—[[software|computer programs]], [[Internet Relay Chat]], [[talker]]s and possibly [[MUD]]s, [[MUCK]]s, [[MUSH]]es and [[MOO]]es. |
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While many of the Internet's well-known services offer online chat and messaging services for free, an increasing number of providers are beginning to show strong revenue streams from for-pay services. Again it is the [[adult service provider]]s, profiting from the advent of reliable and high-speed [[broadband]], (notably across [[Eastern Europe]]) who are at the forefront of the for-pay online chat revolution. |
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For every business traveller engaging in a video call or [[conference call]] rather than braving the check-in queue, there are countless [[web]] users replacing traditional conversational means with online chat and messaging. Like [[email]], which has reduced the need for and usage of letters, faxes, and memos, online chat is steadily replacing telephony as the means of office and home communication. The [[early adopter]]s in these areas are undoubtedly teenage users of [[instant messaging]]. It might not be long before [[Short message service|SMS]] [[text messaging]] usage declines as mobile handsets provide the technology for online chat. |
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==See also== |
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===General terms=== |
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* [[Chatgroups]] |
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* [[Chat room]] |
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* [[Instant messenger]] |
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* [[Live support software]] |
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* [[Online discussion]] |
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* [[Online discourse environment]] |
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* [[Voice chat]] |
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* [[Voice over IP]] (VoIP) |
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* [[Web chat site]] |
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===Protocols/Programs=== |
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* [[AOL_Instant_Messenger]] (AIM) |
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* [[Campfire (software)|Campfire]] |
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* [[Google Talk]] |
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* [[Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC) |
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* [[Jabber]] (XMPP) |
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* [[Meetro]] |
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* [[MOO]] |
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* [[MUD]] |
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* [[MUSH]] |
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* [[PalTalk]] |
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* [[Pichat]] |
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* [[PSYC]] |
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* [[RealTimeQuery]] |
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* [[SILC (protocol)|SILC]] |
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* [[Skype]] |
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* [[Talk (Unix)|Talk]] |
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* [[Talker]] |
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* [[Teamspeak]] (TS) |
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* [[Vivox]] |
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* [[Windows Live Messenger]] |
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* [[Yahoo! Messenger]] |
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===Chat programs supporting multiple protocols=== |
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* [[Adium]] |
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* [[IMVU]] |
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* [[Kopete]] |
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* [[Meetro]] |
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* [[Miranda IM]] |
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* [[Pidgin (software)|Pidgin]] |
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* [[Trillian (instant messaging client)|Trillian]] |
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===Online Chatting Sites=== |
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* BobChatter |
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* FlickIM |
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* [[Meebo]] |
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* RadiusIM |
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[[Category:Internet culture]] |
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[[Category:on-line chat| ]] |
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[[ar:دردشة]] |
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[[ca:Xat]] |
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[[cs:Chat]] |
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[[da:Chat]] |
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[[de:Chat]] |
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[[es:Chat]] |
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[[eo:Babilejo]] |
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[[eu:Txat]] |
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[[fr:Messagerie instantanée]] |
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[[gl:Chat]] |
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[[ko:채팅]] |
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[[hr:Chat]] |
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[[it:Chat]] |
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[[he:צ'אט]] |
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[[nl:Chatten (communicatie)]] |
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[[ja:チャット]] |
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[[no:Chatting]] |
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[[pl:Czat]] |
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[[pt:Chat]] |
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[[ro:Chat]] |
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[[ru:Чат]] |
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[[simple:Chat]] |
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[[fi:Chatti]] |
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[[sv:Chat]] |
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[[ta:இணைய உரையாடல்]] |
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[[uk:Чат]] |
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[[ur:گفتگو روۓ خط]] |
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[[yi:טשעט]] |
Revision as of 19:51, 6 January 2008
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