Chat
Encyclopedia
Conversation
- Casual conversationConversationConversation is a form of interactive, spontaneous communication between two or more people who are following rules of etiquette.Conversation analysis is a branch of sociology which studies the structure and organization of human interaction, with a more specific focus on conversational...
- Online chatOnline chatOnline chat may refer to any kind of communication over the Internet, that offers an instantaneous transmission of text-based messages from sender to receiver, hence the delay for visual access to the sent message shall not hamper the flow of communications in any of the directions...
in an internet chat room or instant messagingInstant messagingInstant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...
system - Synchronous conferencingSynchronous conferencingSynchronous 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...
, the formal term for online chat technology - BluechatBluechatBluechat is a direct text chat between two or more users, where every participant uses a bluetooth device and names it...
with Bluetooth devices - SMS chat, a form of Text messagingText messagingText messaging, or texting, refers to the exchange of brief written text messages between fixed-line phone or mobile phone and fixed or portable devices over a network...
Geography
- Chat, KyrgyzstanChat, KyrgyzstanChat is a village in the Jalal-Abad Province of Kyrgyzstan....
, a village in Kyrgyzstan - Chat, California, alternate name of Chats, CaliforniaChats, CaliforniaChats is a former settlement in Lassen County, California. It was located on the Nevada–California–Oregon Railway east-southeast of Beckwourth Pass and southeast of Summit, at an elevation of 4810 feet . Chats still appeared on maps as of 1894.The Chat post office operated from 1885 to 1894, and...
Other uses
- Chat (ppp), an automated conversational script with a modem
- Chat (bird)Chat (bird)Chats are a group of small Old World insectivorous birds formerly classed as members of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered Old World flycatchers....
, Old World flycatchers of subfamily Saxicolinae, which resemble small thrushes, as well as:- Australian chats, unrelated songbirds of genera Ashbyia and EpthianuraEpthianuraEpthianura is a genus of bird also known as the Australian chats. Along with the Gibberbird in the genus Ashbyia they were once thought to constitute a separate family, the Epthianuridae, although most taxonomists today treat them as a subfamily, Epthianurinae, of the honeyeater family...
(family Meliphagidae) - American chats, unrelated songbirds of genus GranatellusGranatellusGranatellus is a genus of bird previously placed in the family Parulidae, although biochemical evidence suggests it belongs in Cardinalidae., a move followed by the American Ornithologists' Union in 2009.-Species:...
(family Cardinalidae) - Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens), an enigmatic North American songbird of unresolved affiliations
- Australian chats, unrelated songbirds of genera Ashbyia and Epthianura
- Chat (mining)Chat (mining)Chat is a term for fragments of siliceous rock, limestone, and dolomite waste rejected in the lead-zinc milling operations that accompanied lead-zinc mining in the first half of the 20th century...
, the waste rocks produced in mining - Chat (magazine)Chat (magazine)Chat is a British weekly women's magazine, published through the IPC Media group, and edited by Gilly Sinclair. The magazine includes mostly real life stories....
, a British weekly women's magazine - The French word for CatCatThe cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
- Le ChatLe ChatLe Chat is a comic strip by the Belgian cartoonist Philippe Geluck.The title character, Le Chat, first appeared in November 22nd 1983 and is one of the bestselling Franco-Belgian comics series. Le Chat is an adult, human-sized, anthropomorphic cat which often comes up with elaborate reasonings...
, a Belgian comic strip - KhatKhatKhat, qat, gat or Waquish Spoken from true Yemeni, is a flowering plant native to tropical East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula....
, a plant with stimulant properties in humans - Chatgroups Groups Community
- Chat, an alternative spelling of the Indian and Pakistani chaatChaatChaat is a term describing savoury snacks, typically served at road-side tracks from stalls or carts in India. With its origins in east India, chaat has become immensely popular in the rest of India and the rest of South Asia...
- Sophia "Chat" SanduvalSophia "Chat" SanduvalSophia "Chat" Sanduval is a fictional superhero in comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #53 , a series in the Marvel Adventures imprint for young readers, taking place in a non-canonical, alternate reality from mainstream Marvel continuity...
, a character in Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
CHAT
- Choosing Healthplans All TogetherChoosing Healthplans All Together"Choosing Healthplans All Together" is the name given to a simulation exercise in which players decide which benefit types they would like to include in their health insurance package, and what level of service they prioritize...
, a health insurance choosing exercise - Community Hebrew Academy of TorontoCommunity Hebrew Academy of TorontoThe Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto , or "TanenbaumCHAT", is a secondary Jewish day school which is located on two campuses in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada.-Campuses:...
, a Jewish secondary school in Toronto - CHAT, an abbreviation of Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, used in autism screening
- CHAT, an acronym for: Codes for the Human Analysis of Transcripts, a format used by the CHILDESChildesChildes may refer to:*Childe's Tomb , Dartmoor, England*CHILDES, or Child Language Data Exchange System, a database of child language...
project - CHAT-FMCHAT-FMCHAT-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a country music radio format at 94.5 FM in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The station is owned by the Jim Pattison Group....
, a radio station (94.5 FM) licensed to Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada - CHAT-TVCHAT-TVCHAT-TV is a television station in Medicine Hat, Alberta. It is owned by Jim Pattison Group, and operates on VHF channel 6 and cable channel 3. It is a privately owned affiliate of Rogers television system Citytv....
, a television station (channel 6) licensed to Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada - ChatrouletteChatrouletteChatroulette is a website that pairs strangers from around the world together for webcam-based conversations. Visitors to the website begin an online chat with another visitor who is chosen at random...
, service for random chat all around the world