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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 140. Chapters: Text messaging, Usenet, Internet Relay Chat, Internet forum, Social software, SMS language, Instant messaging, VSide, Emoticon, Bulletin board system, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN, Apache Wave, Adobe Atmosphere, Trillian (software), Kune (software), Diversity University, Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, MOO, Emoji, List of emoticons, InterMUD, NUTS (talker), S4PG, MSN Chat, MUSH, Novell Vibe, Chatroulette, Virtual Places Chat, Hotline Communications, Paltalk, Ekiga, Paralanguage, Chat room, SILC (protocol), Padonkaffsky jargon, Calliflower, Mobile dating, BITNET Relay, Omegle, TokBox, Paint chat, Operator messaging, Kevin Whitrick, Voodoo Chat, 6rounds, SFLphone, Usage share of instant messaging clients, Web chat, TinyMUCK, Talk (software), Solipsis, CB Simulator, Minion (Chatting Widget), Synergy Teleconferencing System, Dreamscape (chat), Wireclub, LAN messenger, Camfrog, Colin Moock, Voice chat, BORGChat, Tinychat, Airhitch, Internet Citizen's Band, MeBeam, Live support software, Emote, Flirt4free, RookChat, Yuuguu, IChat Server, Wi-not mobile, Firetalk, Convore, Synchronous conferencing, Webx forum software, Zinc Y!, Personal message, Whiteboarding, Jitter chat, Shoutbox, Social mobile application, L3 (text speech), Overdose (program). Excerpt: Text messaging, or texting, is the act of typing and sending a brief, electronic message between two or more mobile phones or fixed or portable devices over a phone network. The term originally referred to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS); it has grown 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, the United Kingdom, ..