Instant Messaging for Beginners
About.com has a useful article for Instant Messaging Beginners titled - What is “I.M.” and “Instant Messaging”? which gives the basics of IM:
‘”IM” – short for “instant messaging” – is a type of real time communication service. It is somewhat like email, but much more like a chat room. Both parties are online at the same time, and they “talk” to each other by typing text and sending small pictures in instantaneous time.
IM is based on special small programs that two separate people install, and those programs connect to beam typed messages to each other. This special software allows you to “talk” online with your friends in other rooms, other cities, and even other countries. The software uses the same cables and network as any web page or email connection. As long as the other person has compatible IM software, IM works very well….
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