Chapter 31. Chatting and Instant Messaging
Feel the need to reach out and touch someone, live and (almost) in person? Chat puts you online in a live conversation with other Internet users anywhere in the world. Chatting used to require a high degree of technical understanding; that’s no longer the case. More and more people simply chat using their browsers, through one of hundreds of sites that offer it.
Instant messaging is another way of reaching out and touching someone. What began as an America Online–only exercise is now available to anyone on the Web.
Understanding Internet Chatting
You might have heard people refer to chatting on the Internet as being in a chat room. Well, you don’t have to go in to a special room in your house that you designate ...
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