Translations:AY Honors/Internet/Answer Key/49/en

A site on the World Wide Web where any number of computer users can type messages to each other (chat) in real time, creating an online conversation. These messages usually appear on an area of the screen next to the user’s nickname or handle (your online nickname or the name you go by in a chat room). Most chat rooms have a particular topic (which you are expected to discuss) but there are some that are purely for meeting other people. The first Internet chat rooms were only text based, however as the technology developed, the ability to send pictures, effects, and emoji was developed and incorporated. The first chat systems were developed by the US government in the 1970s with limited connected devices. CompuServe made the first public available online chat service in 1980. The development of Internet Chat Relay (IRC) by Jarkko Oikarinen in 1988 allowed the development of many more chat room capability like AOL. In 2003, chat rooms started being replaced by social media platforms with more and various features. Some examples: MySpace (2003), Facebook (2004), X (formerly) Twitter (2006), Instagram (2010), Snapchat (2011), and TikTok (2016).