WolfNet-IRC

Perhaps the technology is too generic a term. “Internet” would be a more specific term. When the Internet was in its infancy, could only read the text in the form of static web pages or email. But it was so long ago. Internet is maturing rapidly. There are a plethora of applications that are freely available for download. These applications enable Internet users to connect to each other for free. The birth of instant messaging and chat applications. Those who have been surfing the Internet in the last ten years or so will be familiar with instant messaging programs and chat applications. In the early days, the popular chat application is IRC (Internet Chat broadcast). To chat with other people, we have to connect to a chat server and join a chat room. “Once there, you may or chat with others, or click on a nick and start a conversation. Chatting in this context means simply typing messages that are sent to the server, which is displayed by the opposing party. The process is almost instantaneous. E ‘was great fun to chat and make friends in IRC chat. Shortly afterwards, someone had the idea of instant chat, but without having to register to chat. We saw the first instant messaging takes the world by storm – ICQ . In a few years, made millions of ICQ users worldwide. To use ICQ, you must download a small application that installs on your computer. Once installed, you can add to your list of friends. Of course, your ICQ friends also must be installed so that you can chat. Through this process, kept growing popularity of ICQ. It was not long before the players wanted a bigger piece of the action. Soon we saw Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo to come with their own instant messengers. All work similarly. Google is the new player to start an instant chat application – Google Talk. Google Talk is distinguished among all other chat applications, because it is lighter, and being lightweight, it extremely fast loading. Recently, this application has been updated with voice and video. In the past, instant messaging programs have never tread into the realm of voice and video. Google Talk is not the first to offer this feature, but too late for both parties. Google Talk voice calls and does very well on video competition. This means that with the application, you can call anyone in the world for free. To do so, your PC, a connection to Internet and a copy of Google Talk are required. Of course, the other party needs it. Instead of using plain text to be in touch, you can now use text, voice and video. Miss someone recently? Maybe Google Talk can help!