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Synchronous one-to-one conversation via a service that lets interested others know when a user is online. Communication is more direct than with email and messages are typically very short. Although multiparty chats are usually possible, this feature is only seldomly used. |
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There's a large number of competing InstantMessaging protocols, each with their own, partially overlapping user bases: |
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* [AIM] |
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* [ICQ] |
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* [MSN] |
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* YahooMessenger |
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* [Jabber] |
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And that's just to name the most important ones. The number of [InstantMessenger]s, ie [IM] clients, is legion. |
