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CHATEAR [3 records]

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Record 1 2021-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaborative and Social Communications
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

On a typical day, 12% of [Internet] users ... instant message with others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Communications collaboratives et sociales
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comunicaciones colaborativas y sociales
  • Internet y telemática
CONT

[El programa] es una de las aplicaciones más populares a nivel mundial para enviar mensajes instantáneos y de forma gratuita. Te permite chatear con cualquier usuario, con solo descargar la aplicación en tu móvil [...] e introducir tu número de teléfono o correo electrónico.

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Record 2 2021-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Collaborative and Social Communications
  • Collaboration with the OQLF
DEF

Hold an interactive and synchronous conversation with other Internet users through written text.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Communications collaboratives et sociales
  • Collaboration avec l'OQLF
DEF

Converser en mode texte, de façon interactive et en temps réel avec d'autres internautes.

Key term(s)
  • cyber-bavarder

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Comunicaciones colaborativas y sociales
  • Colaboración con la OQLF
DEF

Mantener varios usuarios una conversación en Internet de forma simultánea.

CONT

"Chat" es sólo una palabra en inglés cuya traducción literal sería conversar. Pero a esta altura, chatear es un término específico para designar el encuentro de dos o más personas en Internet que mantienen, a su modo, una conversación en tiempo real.

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Record 3 2013-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

Program that allows you to carry on "live" conversations with people all over the world by typing messages back and forth across the Internet.

DEF

A software program that allows many people to exchange written messages through their computers at the same time - as they might in a telephone conversation.

Key term(s)
  • instantaneous messaging

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Logiciel permettant aux internautes de communiquer à plusieurs et en temps réel, au moyen du service de bavardage Internet.

CONT

Si on préfère échanger des idées sur un mode plus convivial et encore plus dynamique avec d'autres internautes, on peut se servir d'un forum de bavardage ou canal de bavardage. En effet, grâce à un logiciel de bavardage, le service de bavardage Internet permet une conversation interactive en temps réel entre internautes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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