History+of+Messaging

=History of Instant Messaging=

Instant Messaging has been around since the 1960's well before the advent of the internet. Back then multi user systems would connect together via a network. Commodore 64 computers allowed users to send messages to each other. They worked by using Quantum Link which was an early form of America OnLine

Modern day Instant Messaging
The kind of instant messaging we see today was really formed in the mid 1990's. Modern Instant messaging has many cool new features such as nudges, smiley faces and emotions. Many of these can also support video chat. Their are over 1 Billion accounts made worldwide. Instant messaging has spawned a new type of talk commonly referred to as text speak or internet slang. A few examples of these are LOL which stands for "laugh out loud" and gtg which means "Got to Go"