what are the basic needs to use instant messaging (chat) software
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Instant messaging (IM) technology is a type of online chat that offers real-time text transmission over the Internet. A LAN messenger operates in a similar way over a local area network. Short messages are typically transmitted between two parties, when each user chooses to complete a thought and select "send". Some IM applications can use push technology to provide real-time text, which transmits messages character by character, as they are composed. More advanced instant messaging can add file transfer, clickable hyperlinks, Voice over IP, or video chat.
Non-IM types of chat include multicast transmission, usually referred to as "chat rooms", where participants might be anonymous or might be previously known to each other (for example collaborators on a project that is using chat to facilitate communication). Instant messaging systems tend to facilitate connections between specified known users (often using a contact list also known as a "buddy list" or "friend list"). Depending on the IM protocol, the technical architecture can be peer-to-peer (direct point-to-point transmission) or client-server (an Instant message service center retransmits messages from the sender to the communication device).
By 2010, instant messaging over the Web was already in sharp decline,[1] in favor of messaging features on social networks such as Facebook. The most popular IM platforms, such as AIM, closed in 2017,[2] and Windows Live Messenger was merged into Skype.[3] Today, most instant messaging takes place on messaging apps (such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, Viber and Telegram), which by 2014 had more users than social networks.[4]
This section lists the requirements for installing Instant Messaging software. Before you install, ensure you have met the minimum hardware and operating system requirements. JRE 1.4 is supported by both server and client. In addition, check for any product patches before you install.
For the current list of required patches for Sun Java System Instant Messaging, go to the Patch Portal on SunSolve Online. As system patch requirements change and patches to Java Enterprise System components become available, updates will be made available on SunSolve, initially in the form of recommended patch clusters.
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