Instant messaging

Pidgin 2.0 contact window

Pidgin 2.0 的連結畫面

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging)

Instant messaging/即時通訊(Source: wiki, Google網路字典)

Instant messaging (IM) is a collection of technologies that create the possibility of real-time text-based communication between two or more participants over the internet or some form of internal network/intranet. It is important to understand that what separates chat and instant messaging from technologies such as e-mail is the perceived synchronicity of the communication by the user - Chat happens in real-time. Some systems allow the sending of messages to people not currently logged on (offline messages), thus removing much of the difference between Instant Messaging and e-mail.



即時訊息是一個集合了技術而創造了可能用於

時實（即時的）以文本的方式來通信，在兩人甚至更多的參加者之間

以網路或內部網路／內聯網（通信）。

如何分辨聊天和即時通訊技術是很重要的，像是一些電子郵件被認為是

可以和用戶同步通信的在實時（即時的）聊天，有些系統（指即時通訊系統）

允許發送郵件的人目前沒有登錄（指離線信息），導致消除了大部分即時通訊和

電子郵件的差別。