Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Net Chatting
Online chat can refer to any kind of communication over the internet, but is primarily meant to refer to direct 1 on 1 chat or chat rooms, using tools such as instant messenger applications—computer programs, Internet Relay Chat, talkers and possibly MUDs, MUCKs, MUSHes and MOOes.
The oldest form of online chat is Internet Relay Chat or IRC, where a user logs in using a client such as mIRC or a Java application in a web browser. IRC is built around the system of channels, which one can connect to and talk in, and different IRC servers may have different channels. IRC is an open protocol that uses TCP and is defined according to RFC 1459. IRC is one of the oldest uses of the Internet.
Talkers, which derived originally from MUD games, use telnet software to connect to a chat room or talker, in a similar way to how IRC works. However, talkers have several rooms, and it is possible to go to a room and lock it privately. Talkers are very secure in terms of privacy and anonymity, with your IP address and personal details not being displayed to anyone other than administrators, and the ability to easily and securely ignore any other user. The first intranet talker was created in 1984, with the first internet talker, Cat Chat being created in 1990. Talkers were most popular between 1992-1998, with the most popular talkers being Surfers, Resort and Foothills, all of which used ew-too code. NUTS is a popular alternative to ew-too that was created in 1992, and by 1996 it was the most popular code base, with the most popular NUTS talkers being Crossroads and Ncohafmuta. NUTS is much easier to use than ew-too, and users can simply type and the text appears on the screen, whilst being more powerful than ew-too. The advent of ICQ in November 1996 effectively spelled the death of talkers, with the only concern being ICQ's major security fears. When talkers had their own major security fears in relation to administrators using their talkers to spy on users in 1998 and 2000, talkers quickly lost their popularity and by 2000 they were all but extinct.
The oldest form of online chat is Internet Relay Chat or IRC, where a user logs in using a client such as mIRC or a Java application in a web browser. IRC is built around the system of channels, which one can connect to and talk in, and different IRC servers may have different channels. IRC is an open protocol that uses TCP and is defined according to RFC 1459. IRC is one of the oldest uses of the Internet.
Talkers, which derived originally from MUD games, use telnet software to connect to a chat room or talker, in a similar way to how IRC works. However, talkers have several rooms, and it is possible to go to a room and lock it privately. Talkers are very secure in terms of privacy and anonymity, with your IP address and personal details not being displayed to anyone other than administrators, and the ability to easily and securely ignore any other user. The first intranet talker was created in 1984, with the first internet talker, Cat Chat being created in 1990. Talkers were most popular between 1992-1998, with the most popular talkers being Surfers, Resort and Foothills, all of which used ew-too code. NUTS is a popular alternative to ew-too that was created in 1992, and by 1996 it was the most popular code base, with the most popular NUTS talkers being Crossroads and Ncohafmuta. NUTS is much easier to use than ew-too, and users can simply type and the text appears on the screen, whilst being more powerful than ew-too. The advent of ICQ in November 1996 effectively spelled the death of talkers, with the only concern being ICQ's major security fears. When talkers had their own major security fears in relation to administrators using their talkers to spy on users in 1998 and 2000, talkers quickly lost their popularity and by 2000 they were all but extinct.
// posted by wibsio3 @ 12:01 AM 
