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instant messaging

Internet service that, like chat, allows users to communicate via real-time text conversations. Unlike chat, instant messaging allows users to signal their contacts (sometimes called buddies, as in buddy list) as if dialing someone's online pager. See ICQ, chat, and contrast with e-mail.

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