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'''Online chat''' refers to any kind of communication over the [[Internet]] that provides [[Real-time text|real-time transmission of text messages]] from sender to receiver.

Chat messages are generally short in order to enable other participants to respond quickly. Thereby, a feeling similar to a spoken conversation is created, which distinguishes chatting from other text-based online communication forms such as [[Internet forum|Internet forums]] and [[email]].

Online chat may address point-to-point communications as well as multicast communications from one sender to many receivers and voice and video chat, or may be a feature of a [[web conferencing]] service.

* [[Instant messaging]]
* [[Internet]]
* [[Real-time text]]
* [[Web conferencing]]

== External Links ==

* [ Online chat] @ Wikipedia