Difference between revisions of "Instant messaging"
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===Multiple protocol clients=== | ===Multiple protocol clients=== | ||
* [[Pidgin]] (multi-platform) | * [[Pidgin]] (multi-platform) | ||
| β | * [[Trillian]] ([[Windows]]) | + | * [[Trillian]] ([[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]) |
* [[Adium]] ([[Mac OS X|Mac]]) | * [[Adium]] ([[Mac OS X|Mac]]) | ||
* [[iChat]] ([[Mac OS X|Mac]]) | * [[iChat]] ([[Mac OS X|Mac]]) | ||
| + | * [[Messages]] ([[Mac OS X|Mac]]) | ||
===Single protocol clients=== | ===Single protocol clients=== | ||
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* [[ICQ]] | * [[ICQ]] | ||
* [[Yahoo! Messenger]] | * [[Yahoo! Messenger]] | ||
| + | * [[Facebook Chat]] | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:11, 30 January 2020
Instant messaging or IM is a method of communicating via the Internet and "chatting online" is a way of communicating with people in real-time.
Clients
There are many instant messaging clients available. Some support multiple protocols while others are limited to a single protocol.