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iChat (previously iChat AV) is a discontinued instant messaging software application developed by Apple Inc. for use on its Mac OS X operating system. [1]

49 relations: AIM (software), AOL, Apple community, Apple Inc., Application software, Aqua (user interface), Ari Gold (Entourage), Bonjour (software), Client (computing), Comparison of instant messaging clients, Comparison of instant messaging protocols, Entourage (U.S. TV series), FaceTime, Google Talk, H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, HBO, ICloud, ICQ, IMessage, Instant messaging, Jingle (protocol), Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS X Lion, Mac OS X Panther, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Tiger, MacOS, MacRumors, Messages (Apple), MobileMe, Operating system, OS X Mountain Lion, OSCAR protocol, Photo Booth, Proprietary software, Quick Look, Screen Sharing, Service discovery, Session Initiation Protocol, Speech balloon, Steve Jobs, The Verge, USB video device class, Videotelephony, Voice over IP, XMPP, Yahoo! Messenger.

AIM (software)

AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) was an instant messaging and presence computer program created by AOL, which used the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time.

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AOL

AOL (formerly a company known as AOL Inc., originally known as America Online, and stylized as Aol.) is a web portal and online service provider based in New York.

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Apple community

The Apple community are people interested in Apple Inc. and its products, who report information in various media.

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Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.

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Application software

An application software (app or application for short) is a computer software designed to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities for the benefit of the user.

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Aqua (user interface)

Aqua is the graphical user interface (GUI) and visual theme of Apple's macOS operating system.

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Ari Gold (Entourage)

Ari Gold is a fictional character on the comedy-drama television series Entourage.

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Bonjour (software)

Bonjour is Apple's implementation of zero-configuration networking (zeroconf), a group of technologies that includes service discovery, address assignment, and hostname resolution.

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Client (computing)

A client is a piece of computer hardware or software that accesses a service made available by a server.

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Comparison of instant messaging clients

Instant messaging was created in July 1996 by Yair Goldfinger, Arik Vardi, Sefi Vigiser, and Amnon Amir, when they started a company called Mirabilis in order to introduce a new way of communication over the Internet.

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Comparison of instant messaging protocols

The following is a comparison of instant messaging protocols.

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Entourage (U.S. TV series)

Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons.

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FaceTime

FaceTime is a proprietary videotelephony product developed by Apple Inc. FaceTime is available on supported iOS mobile devices and Macintosh computers that run and later.

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Google Talk

Google Talk (also known as Google Chat) is an instant messaging service that provides both text and voice communication.

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H.263

H.263 is a video compression standard originally designed as a low-bit-rate compressed format for videoconferencing.

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H.264/MPEG-4 AVC

H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding (MPEG-4 AVC) is a block-oriented motion-compensation-based video compression standard.

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HBO

Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite television network of Home Box Office, Inc..

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ICloud

iCloud is a cloud storage and cloud computing service from Apple Inc. launched on October 12, 2011.

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ICQ

ICQ is an instant messaging client that was first developed and popularized by the Israeli company Mirabilis in 1996.

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IMessage

iMessage is an instant messaging service developed by Apple Inc. It is supported by the Messages application in iOS 5 and later and OS X Mountain Lion and later.

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Instant messaging

Instant messaging (IM) technology is a type of online chat that offers real-time text transmission over the Internet.

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Jingle (protocol)

Jingle is an extension to the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) which adds peer-to-peer (P2P) session control (signaling) for multimedia interactions such as in Voice over IP (VoIP) or videoconferencing communications.

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Mac OS X 10.2

Mac OS X Jaguar (version 10.2) is the third major release of Mac OS X (now named macOS), Apple's desktop and server operating system.

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Mac OS X Leopard

Mac OS X Leopard (version 10.5) is the sixth major release of Mac OS X (now named macOS), Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

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Mac OS X Lion

Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) is the eighth major release of Mac OS X (now named macOS), Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

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Mac OS X Panther

Mac OS X Panther (version 10.3) is the fourth major release of Mac OS X (now named macOS), Apple’s desktop and server operating system.

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Mac OS X Snow Leopard (version 10.6) is the seventh major release of Mac OS X (now named macOS), Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

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Mac OS X Tiger

Mac OS X Tiger (version 10.4) is the fifth major release of Mac OS X (now named macOS), Apple's desktop and server operating system for Mac computers.

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MacOS

macOS (previously and later) is a series of graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001.

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MacRumors

MacRumors.com is a website that aggregates Mac and Apple related news, rumors, and reports.

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Messages (Apple)

Messages is an instant messaging software application developed by Apple Inc. for its macOS, iOS and watchOS operating systems.

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MobileMe

MobileMe (iTools before 2002;.Mac before 2008) is a subscription-based collection of online services and software offered by Apple Inc. All services were being gradually transitioned and replaced by iCloud and the service ceased as of June 30, 2012, with transfers to iCloud available until July 31, 2012.

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Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.

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OS X Mountain Lion

OS X Mountain Lion (version 10.8) is the ninth major release of OS X (now named macOS), Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

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OSCAR protocol

OSCAR (Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime) is AOL's flagship instant messaging and presence information protocol.

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Photo Booth

Photo Booth is a software application for taking photos and videos with an iSight camera by Apple Inc. for macOS and iOS (on the iPad and iPad Mini available starting with the iPad 2).

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Proprietary software

Proprietary software is non-free computer software for which the software's publisher or another person retains intellectual property rights—usually copyright of the source code, but sometimes patent rights.

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Quick Look

Quick Look is a quick preview feature developed by Apple Inc. which was introduced in its operating system Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

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Screen Sharing

Screen Sharing is a VNC client by Apple Inc. included as part of Mac OS X v10.5.

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Service discovery

Service discovery is the automatic detection of devices and services offered by these devices on a computer network.

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Session Initiation Protocol

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a communications protocol for signaling and controlling multimedia communication sessions in applications of Internet telephony for voice and video calls, in private IP telephone systems, as well as in instant messaging over Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

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Speech balloon

Speech balloons (also speech bubbles, dialogue balloons or word balloons) are a graphic convention used most commonly in comic books, comics and cartoons to allow words (and much less often, pictures) to be understood as representing the speech or thoughts of a given character in the comic.

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Steve Jobs

Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur and business magnate.

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The Verge

The Verge is an American technology news and media network operated by Vox Media.

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USB video device class

The USB video device class (also USB video class or UVC) is a USB device class that describes devices capable of streaming video like webcams, digital camcorders, transcoders, analog video converters and still-image cameras.

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Videotelephony

Videotelephony comprises the technologies for the reception and transmission of audio-video signals by users at different locations, for communication between people in real-time.

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Voice over IP

Voice over Internet Protocol (also voice over IP, VoIP or IP telephony) is a methodology and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet.

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XMPP

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is a communication protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML (Extensible Markup Language).

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Yahoo! Messenger

Yahoo! Messenger (sometimes abbreviated Y!M) is an advertisement-supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo!.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IChat

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