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Xfire (pronounced "X-Fire") was a proprietary freeware instant messaging service for gamers that also served as a game server browser with various other features. [1]

72 relations: Adium, Adobe Flash, AIM (software), Benchmark (venture capital firm), Computer Games Magazine, Computer graphics, Counterclaim, David Lawee, Dennis Fong, End-of-life (product), Facebook, File sharing, Firefox, Frame rate, Freeware, Gamer, GNU Lesser General Public License, Google Talk, Greenwich Mean Time, HTML, Instant messaging, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, Kopete, Lawsuit, League of Legends, Level (video gaming), Linux, Livestream, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Machinima, MacOS, Matchmaking (video games), Menlo Park, California, Microsoft Windows, Mike Cassidy (entrepreneur), Miranda IM, New Game Network, Open-source model, Patent, Patent infringement, PHP, Pidgin (software), Ping (networking utility), PlayStation 3, Portable Network Graphics, Process (computing), Screencast, Screenshot, Server (computing), ..., Settlement (litigation), Signature block, Social media, Software development, Software feature, Software release life cycle, Twitter, Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom, Viacom, Video game, Video game developer, Video game genre, Voice chat in online gaming, Voice over IP, Window (computing), Windows 98, Windows Live Messenger, Windows ME, World of Warcraft, XML, XMPP, Yahoo!. Expand index (22 more) »

Adium

Adium is a free and open source instant messaging client for macOS that supports multiple IM networks, including Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ and XMPP.

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Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash is a deprecated multimedia software platform used for production of animations, rich Internet applications, desktop applications, mobile applications, mobile games and embedded web browser video players.

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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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Benchmark (venture capital firm)

Benchmark is an American venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of numerous successful startups including Dropbox, Twitter, Uber, Snapchat, Instagram, and Discord In 1997, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which made it worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999.

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Computer Games Magazine

Computer Games Magazine was a computer gaming print magazine, founded in 1988 as the United Kingdom publication Games International.

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Computer graphics

Computer graphics are pictures and films created using computers.

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Counterclaim

In a court of law, a party's claim is a counterclaim if one party asserts claims in response to the claims of another.

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David Lawee

David Lawee is a Canadian-born entrepreneur who has had major success in the tech and investment industries.

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Dennis Fong

Dennis "Thresh" Fong (born March 11, 1977) is an American businessman and retired professional player of the first-person shooter video games Quake and Doom.

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End-of-life (product)

"End-of-life" (EOL) is a term used with respect to a product supplied to customers, indicating that the product is in the end of its useful life (from the vendor's point of view), and a vendor stops marketing, selling, or rework sustaining it.

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Facebook

Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.

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File sharing

File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digital media, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, images and video), documents or electronic books.

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Firefox

Mozilla Firefox (or simply Firefox) is a free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, Mozilla Corporation.

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Frame rate

Frame rate (expressed in or fps) is the frequency (rate) at which consecutive images called frames appear on a display.

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Freeware

Freeware is software that is available for use at no monetary cost.

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Gamer

A gamer is a person who plays interactive games, either video games, skill-based card games and plays for usually long periods of time.

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GNU Lesser General Public License

The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF).

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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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Greenwich Mean Time

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.

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HTML

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for creating web pages and web applications.

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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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Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Internet Explorer, commonly abbreviated IE or MSIE) is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included in the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995.

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JavaScript

JavaScript, often abbreviated as JS, is a high-level, interpreted programming language.

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Kopete

Kopete is a multi-protocol, free software instant messaging client released as part of the KDE Software Compilation.

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Lawsuit

A lawsuit (or suit in law) is "a vernacular term for a suit, action, or cause instituted or depending between two private persons in the courts of law." A lawsuit is any proceeding by a party or parties against another in a court of law.

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League of Legends

League of Legends (abbreviated LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows and macOS.

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Level (video gaming)

A level, map, area, stage, world, track, board, floor, zone, phase, mission, or course in a video game is the total space available to the player during the course of completing a discrete objective.

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Linux

Linux is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel.

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Livestream

Livestream or Original Livestream as remaining on their website is a video live streaming platform that allows customers to broadcast live video content using a camera and a computer through the Internet, and viewers to play the content via the web, iOS, Android, Roku, and the Apple TV.

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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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Machinima

Machinima is the use of real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production.

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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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Matchmaking (video games)

In multiplayer games, matchmaking is the process of connecting players together for online play sessions.

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Menlo Park, California

Menlo Park is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the United States.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.

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Mike Cassidy (entrepreneur)

Mike Cassidy is an American entrepreneur, and was CEO and co-founder of four previous Internet start-ups including Stylus Innovation, Direct Hit, Xfire, and Ruba.com.

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Miranda IM

Miranda IM is an open source multiprotocol instant messaging application, designed for Microsoft Windows.

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New Game Network

New Game Network (commonly referred to as NGN) is an independent Canadian-based website that covers news, articles, previews, reviews and blogs about video games.

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Open-source model

The open-source model is a decentralized software-development model that encourages open collaboration.

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Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state or intergovernmental organization to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention.

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Patent infringement

Patent infringement is the commission of a prohibited act with respect to a patented invention without permission from the patent holder.

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PHP

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (or simply PHP) is a server-side scripting language designed for Web development, but also used as a general-purpose programming language.

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Pidgin (software)

Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a free and open-source multi-platform instant messaging client, based on a library named libpurple that has support for many instant messaging protocols, allowing the user to simultaneously log into various services from one application.

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Ping (networking utility)

Ping is a computer network administration software utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

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PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

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Portable Network Graphics

Portable Network Graphics (PNG, pronounced or) is a raster graphics file format that supports lossless data compression.

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Process (computing)

In computing, a process is an instance of a computer program that is being executed.

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Screencast

A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration.

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Screenshot

A screenshot (or screen grab) is a digital image of what should be visible on a monitor, television, or other visual output device.

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Server (computing)

In computing, a server is a computer program or a device that provides functionality for other programs or devices, called "clients".

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Settlement (litigation)

In law, a settlement is a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case, reached either before or after court action begins.

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Signature block

A signature block (often abbreviated as signature, sig block, sig file,.sig, dot sig, siggy, or just sig) is a block of text automatically appended at the bottom of an email message, Usenet article, or forum post.

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Social media

Social media are computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.

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Software development

Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components.

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Software feature

In software, a feature has several definitions.

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Software release life cycle

A software release life cycle is the sum of the stages of development and maturity for a piece of computer software: ranging from its initial development to its eventual release, and including updated versions of the released version to help improve software or fix software bugs still present in the software.

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Twitter

Twitter is an online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".

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Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom

Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom is a hack and slash action role-playing video game for PlayStation 3.

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Viacom

Viacom Inc. is an American multinational media conglomerate with interests primarily in film and television.

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Video game

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.

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Video game developer

A video game developer is a software developer that specializes in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games.

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Video game genre

A video game genre is a classification assigned to a video game based on its gameplay interaction rather than visual or narrative differences.

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Voice chat in online gaming

Voice chat is telecommunication via voice over IP technologies—especially when those technologies are used among players in multiplayer online games.

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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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Window (computing)

In computing, a window is a graphical control element.

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Windows 98

Windows 98 (codenamed Memphis while in development) is a graphical operating system by Microsoft.

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Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger) is a discontinued instant messaging client developed by Microsoft for Windows, Xbox 360, Mac OS X, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Java ME, S60 on Symbian OS 9.x, and Zune HD.

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Windows ME

Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows ME (marketed with the pronunciation of the pronoun "me", commonly pronounced as an initialism, "M-E (Codenamed Millennium)", is a graphical operating system from Microsoft released to manufacturing in June 2000, and launched in September 2000.

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World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment.

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XML

In computing, Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable.

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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!

Yahoo! is a web services provider headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and wholly owned by Verizon Communications through Oath Inc..

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References

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

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