Chat : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Chat	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Chat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chat n an informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose] birds having a chattering call Synonym(s): New World chat, chat songbirds having a chattering call Synonym(s): Old World chat, chat v talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" Synonym(s): chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chat \Chat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chatted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chatting}.] [From {Chatter}. [fb]22.] To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. --Shak. To chat a while on their adventures. --Dryden. Syn: To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chat \Chat\, v. t. To talk of. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chat \Chat\, n. 1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the genus {Icteria}, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat ({I. viridis}), and the long-tailed chat ({I. longicauda}). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family {Saxicolid[91]}, as the {stonechat}, and {whinchat}. {Bush chat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bush}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chat \Chat\, n. 1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See {Chit}. 2. pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore. {Chat potatoes}, small potatoes, such as are given to swine. [Local.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
chat Any system that allows any number of logged-in users to have a typed, real-time, on-line conversation, either by all users logging into the same computer, or more commonly nowadays, via a {network}. The medium of {chat} is descended from {talk}, but the terms (and the media) have been distinct since at least the early 1990s. {talk} is prototypically for a small number of people, generally with no provision for {channels}. In {chat} systems, however, there are many {channels} in which any number of people can talk; and users may send private (one-to-one) messages. Some well known chat systems to date (1998) include {IRC}, {ICQ} and {Palace}. Chat systems have given rise to a distinctive style combining the immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written language entails. It is difficult to communicate inflection, though conventions have arisen to help with this. The conventions of chat systems include special items of jargon, generally abbreviations meant to save typing, which are not used orally. E.g., {re}, {BCNU}, {BBL}, {BTW}, {CUL}, {FWIW}, {FYA}, {FYI}, {IMHO}, {OTT}, {TNX}, {WRT}, {WTF}, {WTH}, {}, {}, {BBL}, {HHOK}, {NHOH}, {ROTFL}, {AFK}, {b4}, {TTFN}, {TTYL}, {OIC}, {re}. Much of the chat style is identical to (and probably derived from) {Morse code} jargon used by ham-radio amateurs since the 1920s, and there is, not surprisingly, some overlap with {TDD} jargon. Most of the jargan was in use in {talk} systems. Many of these expressions are also common in {Usenet} {news} and {electronic mail} and some have seeped into popular culture, as with {emoticons}. The {MUD} community uses a mixture of {emoticons}, a few of the more natural of the old-style {talk mode} abbreviations, and some of the "social" list above; specifically, MUD respondents report use of {BBL}, {BRB}, {LOL}, {b4}, {BTW}, {WTF}, {TTFN}, and {WTH}. The use of "{re}" or "rehi" is also common; in fact, MUDders are fond of "re-" compounds and will frequently "rehug" or "rebonk" (see {bonk/oif}) people. In general, though, MUDders express a preference for typing things out in full rather than using abbreviations; this may be due to the relative youth of the MUD cultures, which tend to include many touch typists. Abbreviations specific to MUDs include: {FOAD}, ppl (people), THX (thanks), UOK? (are you OK?). Some {BIFF}isms (notably the variant spelling "d00d") and aspects of {ASCIIbonics} appear to be passing into wider use among some subgroups of MUDders and are already pandemic on {chat} systems in general. See also {hakspek}. {Suck article "Screaming in a Vacuum" (http://www.suck.com/daily/96/10/23/)}. (1998-01-25)