About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 116. Chapters: Emoticon, AOL Instant Messenger, Internet Relay Chat, Instant messaging, Trillian, Bulletin board system, Chat room, Talk, Talker, BITNET Relay, MUSH, Online chat, Text messaging, Usenet, Internet forum, Social software, MSN, Adobe Atmosphere, Apache Wave, Diversity University, MOO, Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, List of emoticons, InterMUD, Fring, NUTS, Chatroulette, S4PG, MSN Chat, SMS language, Virtual Places Chat, Hotline Communications, Digsby, Ekiga, SILC, TokBox, Brosix, Paralanguage, Padonkaffsky jargon, Operator messaging, Kevin Whitrick, Voodoo Chat, Multiforums, Emoji, 6rounds, Omegle, Web chat, TinyMUCK, Mobile dating, PaltalkScene, Usage share of instant messaging clients, Paint chat, Solipsis, SFLphone, CB Simulator, Dreamscape, VZOchat, LAN messenger, Tinychat, MeBeam, Voice chat, Camfrog, Synergy Teleconferencing System, BORGChat, Novell Vibe, Colin Moock, Airhitch, Live support software, Internet Citizen's Band, RookChat, Yuuguu, IChat Server, Wi-not mobile, LiveJasmin, OctroTalk, Firetalk, Personal message, Gyachi, Webx forum software, Synchronous conferencing, Zinc Y!, Whiteboarding, Jitter chat, Shoutbox, Ew-too, Personal im, Overdose. Excerpt: Text messaging, or texting, refers to the exchange of brief written messages between fixed-line phone or mobile phone and fixed or portable devices over a network. While the original term (see below) was derived from referring to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS) originated from Radio Telegraphy, it has since been extended to include messages containing image, video, and sound content (known as MMS messages). The sender of a text message is known as a texter, while the service itself has different colloquialisms depending on the region: it may simply be referred to as a text in North America, India, Australia, the Philippine...