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2. Online chat - Wikipedia

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   Online chat is any kind of communication over the Internet that offers a real-time transmission of text messages from sender to receiver. Chat messages are generally short in order to enable other participants to respond quickly. Thereby, a feeling similar to a spoken conversation is created, which distinguishes chatting from other text-based ...

3. Voice chat in online gaming - Wikipedia

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   An Xbox 360 wired headset. Voice chat is telecommunication via voice over IP (VoIP) technologies—especially when those technologies are used as intercoms among players in multiplayer online games. The VoIP functionality can be built into some games, be a system-wide communication system, or a third-party chat software.

4. Voice over IP - Wikipedia

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   Voice over Internet Protocol ( VoIP [a] ), also called IP telephony, is a method and group of technologies for voice calls for the delivery of voice communication sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, [2] such as the Internet. The broader terms Internet telephony, broadband telephony, and broadband phone service specifically refer to ...

5. IRC - Wikipedia

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   IRC ( Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, [1] but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages [2] as well as chat and data transfer, [3] including file sharing.

6. Roger Wilco (software) - Wikipedia

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   Roger Wilco is one of the first voice-over-IP client programs designed primarily for use with online multiplayer video games. [1] Roger Wilco enabled online gamers to talk to one another through a computer headset or other audio input device instead of typing messages to each other. Within a year of the software's introduction, over 2 million ...

7. Omegle - Wikipedia

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   Current status. Defunct. Omegle ( / oʊˈmɛɡəl /) [1] was a free, web-based online chat service that allowed users to socialize with others without the need to register. The service randomly paired users in one-on-one chat sessions where they could chat anonymously. It operated from 2009 to 2023.