Chat Systems

• IRC also known as Internet Relay Chat is a system for chatting that involves a set of rules, conventions and a client/server software.
• IM also known as Instant Messaging is a computer based conference over the internet between two or more people who meet online at the same time.
• Web based chat is a system that allows users to communicate in real time using a web interface.
• Online role-play is when you’re in an open chat system and you take another identity.
• BBS also known as a Bulletin Board System this is when a computer system runs software that allows users to connect and login to the system using a terminal program

Example of an online role play