ICQ

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ICQ



1. Abbreviation for "I seek you".

2. A proprietary chat system created by a couple of israeli guys, who later founded "mirabilis". ICQ was sold to America On-Line around 1998.

The name "ICQ" is a play on "cq", the radio signal for seeking conversation.

Home (http://www.icq.com/).

[Confirm derivation? TCP? Summary?]

(2000-04-03)


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