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2. Instant messaging - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging

   Originally the term "instant messaging" was distinguished from "text messaging" by being run on a computer network instead of a cellular/mobile network, being able to write longer messages, real-time communication, presence ("status"), and being free (only cost of access instead of per SMS message sent).

3. Signal (software) - Wikipedia

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   Signal is an open-source, encrypted messaging service for instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls. [14][15] The instant messaging function includes sending text, voice notes, images, videos, and other files. [16] Communication may be one-to-one between users or may involve group messaging. The application uses a centralized computing ...

4. iMessage - Wikipedia

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   iMessage is an instant messaging service developed by Apple Inc. and launched in 2011. iMessage functions exclusively on Apple platforms – including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS – as part of Apple's approach to inter-device integration, which has been described by media outlets as a means of achieving vendor lock-in. [1][2][3 ...

5. AIM (software) - Wikipedia

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   AIM (software) 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 ...

6. Comparison of user features of messaging platforms - Wikipedia

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   SMS. SMS (short message service) is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet, and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols to enable mobile devices to exchange short text messages. An intermediary service can facilitate a text-to-voice conversion to be sent to landlines.

7. Telegram (software) - Wikipedia

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   Telegram Messenger, commonly known as Telegram, is a cloud-based, cross-platform, social media and instant messaging (IM) service. It was originally launched for iOS on 14 August 2013 and Android on 20 October 2013. It allows users to exchange messages, share media and files, and hold private and group voice or video calls as well as public ...