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An instant messenger is a computer application which allows instant text communication between two or more people through a network such as the Internet.1 Overview
An instant messenger is a client which hooks up to an instant messaging service. Instant messaging differs from e-mail in that conversations happen in realtime. Also, most services convey an "online status" between users, such as if a contact is actively using the computer. Generally, both parties in the conversation see each line of text right after it is typed (line-by-line), thus making it more like a telephone conversation than exchanging letters. Instant messaging applications may also include the ability to post an away message, the equivalent of the message on a telephone answering machine.
Popular instant messaging services on the public Internet include AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, .NET Messenger Service and ICQ. These services owe many ideas to an older (and still popular) online chat medium known as Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
ICQ was the first general instant messenger introduced to the internet, in November 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan. After its introduction, number of variations of Instant messaging have arisen in parallel in many places, and each application has its own protocolFor the meaning in computer science, see protocol (computing). In addition to the meaning below, treaties are sometimes called protocols. The word derives from a Greek phrase meaning "first leaf", referring to the first draft of a treaty. Protocol is thes. This has led to users running many instant messaging applications simultaneously to be available on several networks. Alternately they could use a client which supports many protocols, such as GaimThis article is about the instant messaging software. For the fictional alien race in Babylon 5, see Gaim (Babylon 5 . Windows XP, connected to AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger and ICQ Gaim is a multi-platform instant messaging client program that sup or TrillianTrillian may refer to: Trillian, a character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trillian, an instant messaging application named after the fictional character Trillian is also a common misspelling for Trillion, a very large number..
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The term "instant messenger" is a Service Mark of AOL Time Warner and may not be used in software not affiliated with AOL. For this reason, the instant messaging client formerly known as GAIM or gAIM is now only to be referred to as Gaim or gaim.
