Chat Rooms

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A chat room, or chatroom, is a term used primarily by Mass Media to describe any form of synchronous conferencing, occasionally even asynchronous conferencing. The term can thus mean any technology ranging from real-time Online Chat over Instant Messaging and online forums to fully immersive Graphical Social Environments.