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Instant Messengers

What is it?

This form of Internet Technology is a real time messaging service which sends text communication between two or more people, over networked computers like through the internet.
Instant Messaging programs relies on clients being run on the users computer, which then hooks up to a central service that allows for the real time communication. Most time Instant Messaging services allows the ability to see what other users are online and using the service.

History

Instant Message known to have started as early as the 1970's, but it was not until the company by the name of Mirabilis launched there free program ICQ before to become widely known and accepted form of Internet Communication. As ICQ's notoriety grew it became a threat to America Online's (AOL) service. By the time AOL had acquired Mirabilis and there ICQ software and applied for patents with the US Patent Office, multiple Instant Messaging services had also risen using there own unique protocols.

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