Instant messaging Instant messaging The .NET Messenger Service is an instant messaging and presence system developed by Microsoft. Its user authentication system uses the Microsoft Passport Network, which allows any e-mail address that is registered as a Microsoft Passport to sign in and communicate with other users who are logged into the .NET network. ...more on Wikipedia about ".NET Messenger Service"
AIM Fight was written by two programmers "with a little bit too much free time on their hands ** " and copyrighted by America Online. The concept behind AIM Fight is to determine who is more popular right this second. To do this, two screen names are entered into the webpage and then each screen name is run through an algorithm that runs through the buddy lists of everybody signed on at the moment and returns a score that represents the sum of the number of people who have those screen names listed as a buddy out to the third degree. As explained on their website , the score cannot increase by adding people to that user's buddy list, but rather having other people add the user to their buddy list. Depending on how well-connected these people are, the increase in the score can vary. For example, if somebody adds a screen name to their buddy list and that person is only on the buddy list of seven people, the score is not likely to increase much. However, if somebody adds a screen name to their buddy list and that person is on the buddy lists of over 300 people, the score is most likely to make a large increase. ...more on Wikipedia about "AIM Fight"
The Arabic Chat Alphabet is used to communicate in the Arabic language over the Internet or for sending messages via cellular phones when the actual Arabic alphabet is unavailable for technical reasons. It is mainly a character encoding of Arabic to the Latin alphabet. Users of this alphabet have developed some special notations to transliterate some of the letters that do not exist in the Latin alphabet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arabic Chat Alphabet"
A buddy icon is a small image associated with an Instant messaging (IM) account. AOL Instant Messenger was the first IM program to use Buddy Icons, but now several other popular IM programs do, including MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buddy icon"
A Buddy List is a collection of screen names in an Instant Messenger (IM) program. The term is used in AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger, where as the term Contact List is used in MSN Messenger, ICQ, Miranda, and Trillian. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buddy List"
Buddy profiles are brief descriptions that each AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) user can write about himself or herself. They are derived from the original AOL Member Profiles, which allowed AOL users to list personal details such as age, sex, and location ( a/s/l). ...more on Wikipedia about "Buddy profile"
Chat with Me Now is a freeware add-on application for Microsoft Windows, originally developed by Interactive Networks Inc. for Outlook and Outlook Express, that allows users to instantly chat with their email recipients and website visitors through a web-based text, voice and video chat window. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chat with Me Now"
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of instant messaging protocols. Please see the individual protocols' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comparison of instant messaging protocols"
A display picture is a picture commonly used on many instant messaging progams, such as MSN Messenger, as well as Internet forums (a.k.a. message/discussion boards). It is used to display a picture of the person or something related to them. Microsoft Messenger for Macintosh supports display pictures as of version 5.0. ...more on Wikipedia about "Display picture"
Emotext is text that is created using emoticons, usually in an instant message. Instead of writing a message using characters, emotext is text that is created using smileys. ...more on Wikipedia about "Emotext"
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, or XMPP, is an open, XML-based protocol for near- real-time, extensible instant messaging and presence information. It is the core protocol of the Jabber Instant Messaging and Presence technology which is currently deployed on thousands of Jabber servers across the Internet and is used by millions of people worldwide. ...more on Wikipedia about "Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol"
File sharing is the practice of making files available to other users for download over the Internet and smaller networks. Usually file sharing follows the peer-to-peer (P2P) model, where the files are stored on and served by personal computers of the users. Most people who engage in file sharing are also downloading files that other users share. Sometimes these two activities are linked together. P2P File sharing is distinct from file trading in that downloading files from a P2P network does not require uploading, although some networks either provide incentives for uploading such as credits or force the sharing of files being currently downloaded. ...more on Wikipedia about "File sharing"
Galago is a desktop presence information framework, designed to transmit presence information between programs. It takes information on who is online and their away/idle states from an instant messenger (such as gaim) or other similar programs and lets other programs (such as Novell Evolution and Beagle) make use of it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Galago (software)"
ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, created by Mirabilis, an Israeli start-up company based in Tel-Aviv. The program was first released in November, 1996, and was the first all-internet instant messaging program. ICQ was awarded two major patents by the U.S. patent office. The name ICQ is a play on the phrase "I seek you". ...more on Wikipedia about "ICQ" Things go better with http://www.shortopedia.com. Instant_messaging
imeem is a peer-to-peer social network service where users interact with each other by way of "meems" set at various permissions levels. ...more on Wikipedia about "Imeem"
IMPS stands for Instant Messaging and Presence Service. ...more on Wikipedia about "IMPS"
Instan-t is a multi-protocol instant messaging software program developed by Interactive Networks Inc., that allows Microsoft Windows users to communicate with MSN Messenger, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ and Instan-t IM networks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Instan-t"
Instant messaging is the act of instantly communicating between two or more people over a network such as the Internet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Instant messaging"
Jabber is an open, XML-based protocol for instant messaging and presence information. Jabber-based software is deployed on thousands of servers across the Internet and is used by over ten million people worldwide, according to the Jabber Software Foundation ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Jabber"
(Jabber Australia) Founded in May 2003 by Jeremy Lunn, Jabber Australia is an advocacy organisation set up to promote the Jabber/ XMPP online instant messaging standard. When the idea of the server was first thought up, there were no public Jabber servers in Australia. The initial goal was to be Australia's first public Jabber server. It was beaten slightly by the now defunct jabber.zim.net.au , but still went ahead undeterred by this minor defeat. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jabber Australia"
Jajah is a proprietary peer-to-peer internet telephony ( VoIP) softphone. With Jajah you can speak to other Jajah-, SIP-, IAX- or Skype-users for free. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jajah"
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JID or Jabber Identity (called also Jabber ID) is the username or account name used to access a Jabber Account. ...more on Wikipedia about "JID"
The following is a list of instant messaging protocols. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of instant messaging protocols"
Mobile Status Notification Protocol (MSNP, which is not an acronym for "Microsoft Network Protocol" as is often believed) is the protocol employed by .NET Messenger Service which is used by MSN Messenger and other clients such as Trillian and Windows Messenger. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mobile Status Notification Protocol"
A multiprotocol instant messaging application is software which allows one instant messaging client to connect to multiple IM networks, such as AOL Instant Messenger or MSN Messenger. ...more on Wikipedia about "Multiprotocol instant messaging application" shortopedia - Go in quickly.
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