What is chat and how to use it: features and specifications
What is a chat and how to use it, what features and characteristics does such an application have?
This question interests some users of the worldwide network.
What this phenomenon is will be discussed in this article.
Definition
Chat (chat) translated from English means "chatter".
As an Internet phenomenon, chat is a program for instant messaging with users who are also participating in the chat.
Chats are organized on Internet sites, in social networks, on some sites.
Sometimes the chat is presented as a separate window, which is located on any page of a particular site. In other cases, a specific section of the resource is reserved for chat.
The main difference between a chat and a forum is instant messaging. Although it is theoretically possible on the forum, the chat functionality for this is thought out and convenient as much as possible.
The forum is intended, to a greater extent, for a public exchange of views.
Such software can be not only integrated into the site code, but also downloaded and installed on a computer. A typical example of such provision is ICQ.
You can also divide such sites according to interests and other parameters.
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Usage
To participate in the chat, you must register in it. This procedure differs depending on which chat you are going to use. But, usually, you need to follow the algorithm:
- Click the Login button or Register;
- In the window that opens, type in your phone number or email address in the appropriate field (requirements may vary depending on the site);
- You also need to enter the username under which you will enter the chat, and which your interlocutors will see;
- You also need to come up with and enter a password twice, with which you will also enter the chat;
- After that, if you specified the address by e-mail, it will receive a letter with a link that you need to follow to activate your account;
- If you specified a phone number, then it will come with a password or code that you need to enter in the appropriate field to verify your account;
- Subsequently, each time you enter the chat, you will need to type in the password and username (login) in the appropriate fields in order to start chatting.
If you are using PC Chat, you will also need to enter your phone or email. Usually, the program requires this data at the installation stage.
But this may differ depending on the specific program.
If you are a user of any social network, then you do not need additional registration in the chats of such a network.
In public conversations, you can participate under your name on this network. Administrators add interlocutors to private chats.
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Creation
We will consider the process of creating a chat using the example of the most popular social network in Russia. There, the analogue of the chat is "Conversation".
Any user can create it, and then add interlocutors from among their friends there.
To create a conversation on VKontakte, follow the algorithm:
- Go to the Messages section;
- At the top of the page, on the right side of the search bar, find the “+” sign and click on it;
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- You will see a list of friends with checkboxes next to their names;
- Place markers in the checkboxes next to the names of those friends you want to add to the Conversation;
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- In the line above the list of names, you can enter the first and last name of a friend in order to quickly add him to the Conversation, and not search in the list;
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- After the markers are set, find the “Go to the dialogue” button at the bottom of the page and click on it;
- In the next window, a standard form for the VKontakte Dialogue will open, but several people will be able to participate in such correspondence.
You are still an administrator, and you can add and remove participants to the Conversation at will.