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2. 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 ...

3. AIM (software) - Wikipedia

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   AIM ( AOL Instant Messenger, sometimes stylized as aim) was an instant messaging and presence computer program created by AOL, which used the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time. AIM was popular by the late 1990s, in United States and other countries, and was ...

4. Pidgin (software) - Wikipedia

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   Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a free and open-source multi-platform instant messaging client, based on a library named libpurple that has support for many instant messaging protocols, allowing the user to simultaneously log in to various services from a single application, with a single interface for both popular and obsolete protocols (from AIM to Discord), thus avoiding the hassle of ...

5. Yahoo! Messenger - Wikipedia

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   Yahoo! Messenger (sometimes abbreviated Y!M) was an advertisement -supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo!. Yahoo! Messenger was provided free of charge and could be downloaded and used with a generic "Yahoo ID" which also allowed access to other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail.

6. BitlBee - Wikipedia

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   BitlBee. BitlBee is a cross-platform IRC instant messaging gateway, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License . BitlBee communicates with the user via the IRC protocol, providing a gateway to popular chat networks such as AIM and ICQ (via OSCAR ), Microsoft Messenger service (via MSNP ), Yahoo! (via YMSG) and Facebook Messenger ...

7. Comparison of instant messaging protocols - Wikipedia

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   MSNP (Windows Live Messenger, etc.) Microsoft: 1999 Jul Proprietary: Email address (Microsoft account) Yes No No Only for certified robots No Centralistic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No MSNP (Windows Live Messenger, etc.) MTProto Telegram Messenger LLP 2013 Aug Open standard: Phone number (e.g. +1234567890), nickname (e.g. @example) Yes Yes

8. Profanity (instant messaging client) - Wikipedia

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   Profanity is a text mode instant messaging interface that supports the XMPP protocol. [2] It supports Linux, macOS, Windows (via Cygwin or WSL ), FreeBSD, and Android (via Termux ). Packages are available in Debian, [3] Ubuntu [4] and Arch [5] Linux distributions. Features include multi-user chat, desktop notifications, Off The Record [6] [7 ...

9. Instant messaging - Wikipedia

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   Instant messaging is a set of communication technologies used for text-based communication between two ( private messaging) or more (chat room) participants over the Internet or other types of networks (see also LAN messenger ). [6] IM chats happen in real-time.