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CHATROOM [1 record]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

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

A site on the World Wide Web where any number of computer users can type messages to each other (chat) in real-time, creating an online conversation.

CONT

Chatting on the Internet can take place via Web pages at places known as chat rooms or on IRC [Internet Relay Chat] channels. Either way, when participating in a chat discussion, your messages are instantaneously relayed to other members and their messages are instantaneously relayed to you.

OBS

web chatroom: The Translation Bureau recommends in its revised 2013 Linguistic Recommendation that "web" not be capitalized when it is part of a compound, whether the compound is written as two words or one, with or without a hyphen.

Key term(s)
  • web chat room

French

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

Lieu de rencontre virtuel, accessible à partir d'un site que l'internaute peut choisir, suivant le sujet proposé ou l'intérêt du moment afin de converser en temps réel avec un nombre relativement restreint de participants.

OBS

Cela peut se faire dans le bavardoir de la page Web ou un canal IRC [service de bavardage Internet]. Lorsque vous participez à une session de bavardage, la transmission se fait instantanément entre vous et les autres participants.

Spanish

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