Instant messaging
A type of communications service that enables you to create a private chat room with another individual. Typically, the instant messaging system alerts you whenever somebody on your private list is online. You can then initiate a chat session with that particular individual. There are several competing instant messaging systems. Unfortunately, there's no standard, so anyone you want to send instant messages to must use the same instant messaging system that you use. | ||||
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Instant messaging Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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instant messaging
A type of service that enables creating a private chat room-i.e., a channel for “real-time” (“live”) communications-between two computers.
A type of service that enables creating a private chat room-i.e., a channel for “real-time” (“live”) communications-between two computers.
Instant messaging Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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instant messaging
Internet service that, like chat, allows users to communicate via real-time text conversations. Unlike chat, instant messaging allows users to signal their contacts (sometimes called buddies, as in buddy list) as if dialing someone's online pager. See ICQ, chat, and contrast with e-mail.
Internet service that, like chat, allows users to communicate via real-time text conversations. Unlike chat, instant messaging allows users to signal their contacts (sometimes called buddies, as in buddy list) as if dialing someone's online pager. See ICQ, chat, and contrast with e-mail.
Instant messaging Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries