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Definitions for: instant messaging
instant messaging

the sending of brief text messages instantly to other users of a network through software such as AOL Instant Messenger, Microsoft MSN messaging, ICQ, or (originally) the talk command in UNIX. Besides computers, instant messages can be sent to and from pagers and cellular telephone.

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