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  2. Discord - Wikipedia

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    User profiles. Users register for Discord with an email address and must create a username. Until mid-2023, to allow multiple users to use the same username, each user was assigned a four-digit number called a "discriminator" (colloquially a "Discord tag"), prefixed with "#", which was added to the end of their username.

  3. Comparison of instant messaging protocols - Wikipedia

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    YMSG ( Yahoo! Messenger ) ^ a b One-to-many / many-to-many communications primarily comprise presence information, publish/subscribe and groupchat distribution. Some technologies have the ability to distribute data by multicast, avoiding bottlenecks on the sending side caused by the number of recipients.

  4. Wikipedia:Blocking policy - Wikipedia

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    Blocking is the method by which administrators technically prevent users from editing Wikipedia. Blocks may be applied to user accounts, to IP addresses, and to IP address ranges, for either a definite or an indefinite time, to all or a subset of pages. Blocked users can continue to access Wikipedia, but cannot edit any page they are blocked ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. IP address - Wikipedia

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    An Internet Protocol address ( IP address) is a numerical label such as 192.0.2.1 that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. [1] [2] IP addresses serve two main functions: network interface identification, and location addressing .

  7. Internet censorship in Iran - Wikipedia

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    The government's censorship techniques has led to internet in Iran being among the worst worldwide, according to a report by the Tehran Electronic Commerce Association (TECA). The report noted the effect of new filtering equipment within the domestic network, which causes functional disruptions and processor saturation.

  8. Comparison of cross-platform instant messaging clients

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    Examples of such messaging services include: Skype, Facebook Messenger, Google Hangouts (subsequently Google Chat), Telegram, ICQ, Element, Slack, Discord, etc. Users have more options as usernames or email addresses can be used as user identifiers, besides phone numbers. Unlike the phone-based model, user accounts on a multi-device model are ...

  9. 8chan - Wikipedia

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    e. 8kun, previously called 8chan, Infinitechan or Infinitychan (stylized as ∞chan ), is an imageboard website composed of user-created message boards. An owner moderates each board, with minimal interaction from site administration. [1] The site has been linked to white supremacism, neo-Nazism, the alt-right, racism and antisemitism, hate ...