Synchronous conferencing
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Synchronous conferencing is the formal term used in science, in particular in computer-mediated communication, collaboration and learning, to describe online chat technologies. It has arisen at a time when the term chat had a negative connotation. Today it is occasionally also extended to mean audio/video conferencing or instant messaging systems, given they provide a text-based multi-user chat function. The word synchronous in this case is not to be considered a technical term, but rather describing how it is perceived by humans - chat happens in real time before your eyes.
Typical synchronous conferencing technologies include
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
- MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)
- PSYC (Protocol for SYnchronous Conferencing)
- SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing protocol)
- Web chats
- XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol)
[edit] See also
- Collaborative software (Groupware)
- Web conferencing
[edit] External links
- Hard Books, Deep Reading, and Synchronous Conferences in the Humanities "Pickle Factory"
- Introduction to Computer-Mediated Communications & Distributed Networking
- Protocols of Improvisation and Online Communication
- Synchronous Meetings at IEEE
- Synchronous Collaboration Tools for the Academic World
- Computer-Mediated Literacy Development in Deaf and Second Language Populations
- Workshop on Synchronous Communication in the Language Arts Classroom
- Direct democracy through synchronous chat and related
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