A chat line is a service that allows people to meet and talk with others via
telephone call
A telephone call, phone call, voice call, or simply a call, is the effective use of a connection over a telephone network between the calling party and the called party.
Telephone calls are the form of human communication that was first enabl ...
. When multiple people can join the call, they are also called party lines. However, more recent chat lines are similar to
CB radio in which a number of people both listen and speak together.
See also
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Instant messaging
Instant messaging (IM) technology is a type of synchronous computer-mediated communication involving the immediate ( real-time) transmission of messages between two or more parties over the Internet or another computer network. Originally involv ...
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Online chat
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Chat room
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Beep line
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Party line (telephony)
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Synchronous conferencing
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Videotelephony
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References
Calling features
Local loop
Smartphones
Technology in society
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