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2. 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.

3. MSN Messenger - Wikipedia

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   MSN Messenger. MSN Messenger (also known colloquially simply as MSN [2] [3] ), later rebranded as Windows Live Messenger, was a cross-platform instant-messaging client developed by Microsoft. [4] It connected to the now-discontinued Microsoft Messenger service and, in later versions, was compatible with Yahoo! Messenger and Facebook Messenger.

4. 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 ...

5. Instant messaging - Wikipedia

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   Overview. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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 ...

8. Trillian (software) - Wikipedia

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   The new version had added SMS and mobile messaging abilities, Yahoo! Messenger webcam support, pop-up e-mail alerts and new plug-ins to shuttle news, weather and stock quotes directly to buddy lists. It appeared Trillian Pro would be marketed to corporate clients looking to keep in touch with suppliers or customers via a secured, interoperable ...

9. Messenger (software) - Wikipedia

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   Messenger, also known as Facebook Messenger, is an American proprietary instant messaging app and platform developed by Meta Platforms.Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008, the company revamped its messaging service in 2010, released standalone iOS and Android apps in 2011, and released standalone Facebook Portal hardware for Messenger calling in 2018.