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text based communication that is live, or real-time.
You can talk to the person and they can receive the message and respond in a matter of seconds.
This is different from other text based communications such as e-mail where it could be a couple of
hour, days, or weeks to receive a response. If you're looking for
places on the Internet to chat about almost anything
MSN Chat and Yahoo! Chat are
two good starting locations for chatting over an
Internet web page.
There are also several million users chatting through other networks
such as IRC.
Chat etiquette
Below is a short list of chat
etiquette that should be followed
when chatting with others online.
- Behave the same way you would when talking to people in
real-life.
- Avoid chat slang.
- Try your best to spell all words correctly and use proper
punctuation. But remember no one is perfect.
- Do not WRITE IN ALL CAPS as it makes you appear as you're
yelling.
- Abide by the rules created by those running the chat.
- Additional information about
Computer Hope's chat can be found on our chat
section.
Also see: Chat definitions,
Chat server,
Etiquette, Forum,
IM, Internet,
IRC,
Shorthand
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