Chat

Chat is a kind of entertainment. In the chat you can go when you want new acquaintances, new emotions, new ideas, new thoughts! This is an anonymous conversation when you choose your nickname.

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Types of software implementation of chats:

• HTTP or web chats. This chat looks like an ordinary web page, where you can read the last few dozen phrases written by chat participants, or processed by a client inheriting the capabilities of the browser. The chat page is automatically updated regularly.
• Built-in chat capabilities in IM clients, "thick client".
• IRC, a specialized protocol for chat rooms.
• Specialized programs for voice and other types of chat.

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Chat applications:

• all2all group communication (for example, Yahoo! Chat);
• p2p personal communications (for example, ICQ, Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger) - personal communication;
• b2b business (for example, Groove Virtual Office) - work in groups;
• b2c consumer - supporting the company's customers on the corporate site (for example, LivePerson