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what's ICQ?

ICQ is an Internet pager.

What is ICQ? Simply put, it is a very interesting free network software! The Chinese name can currently be roughly called "Internet Caller", which has more than 40 million users around the world!

ICQ is the legato abbreviation of ISeekYou (I'm looking for you). It is a free software developed by an Israeli company.

(According to relevant reports in "Computer News", ICQ was launched in 1998 A well-known online service provider, and recently a world-famous "news company" - America Online spent a huge sum of US$300 million to acquire it). In fact, the most important function of this kind of software is to let you know whether your friends on the Internet are online now (provided that the other party also has ICQ installed), and then you can send Mess to each other. ?Sages (messages) chat or exchange files, etc., more immediacy than email,

It has the feeling of live broadcast. As one of the original programmers of ICQ software said: "When you log on to the Internet, you are surrounded by people you know well, and you can share this experience with them.

This is indeed an exciting thing. ”

ICQ can detect the network status of friends

Through smart function settings, ICQ can make Users can send private

messages to friends anywhere on the Internet and detect their network status. In addition, ICQ also allows users to find people with similar interests on the Internet, maintain schedules, and engage in other personalized tasks. Although the use of this software is not that simple, tens of thousands of Internet users use it every day. Just like email created a new way of communicating in the early 1990s. Today, ICQ and other "instant messaging" software products are changing the way millions of people stay connected and manage their online lives. According to statistics, more than 14 million users around the world actively use ICQ every month, and the number of messages sent every day is as high as 330 million

.

Instant chat tool

More and more functions

As of today, ICQ is actually only a little over three years old. However, since it first appeared on the Internet in 1996,

ICQ has been constantly adding new features, making it more and more like an operating system, rather than just a real-time software.

Chat tool, thus giving users more reasons to use it in the long run. So far, ICQ has added IP phone services, a search engine, and a scheduler that can work like an alarm clock and has an automatic jump-up device. , as well as a directory index that helps ICQ users get in touch with other people with similar interests.

How to install ICQ

The ICQ installation program can be downloaded from ICQ, and the file name is icqset?up. exe, get it back and execute it directly to enter the installation screen. After the installation is completed, you will enter the ICQ registration wizard. Here you need to enter some basic information to log in. ICQserver will then obtain a personal UIN (Universal Internet Number), just like an email account. Only with this UIN can netizens find your traces through ICQ.

How to use ICQ

After executing ICQ, there will be a flower on the tray. Red represents the offline state, and green represents the online mode.

Move the mouse cursor to the flower and right-click, and a function menu will appear.

Status refers to the current usage mode of ICQ. The first is online; the second is temporary absence (going to the toilet, eating, etc.); the third is do not disturb (

DonotDisturb , at this time messages or other requests ICQ will automatically reject the other party); the fourth is invisibility,

Even if you are online at this time, netizens will not know that you are online, and the other party's information will still think that you are offline ;

The last one is offline.

■Sending and receiving messages

Receiving and sending messages are the most basic functions of ICQ. Double-click the name of the person you want to send the message to, and a window will pop up. Enter the information in the text box and click the "Send" button to send the message. If you want to send information to multiple netizens at the same time

, you can click the "More" button, click "MultipleRecipient" to check

the object you want to send, and then click "Send" Can.

When a flashing yellow envelope appears next to a netizen’s nickname in the netizen list, it means that the netizen has sent a message to you.

Double-click the nickname and a window will pop up showing the other person’s name. Send the content of the message and press "

Reply" to reply and the message sending box will pop up.

In addition, other small operations are often used in practice.

■Find random chat friends

Click the online status button, select "Random Chat" and select "Find Random

User )" Select the type of chat partner (general, romantic, game,

student, etc.) in the new window that pops up, and then press the "Find a Random Online Chat Partner" button to start the search,

Once you find him, you can send him a message or ask to chat.

■Indicate your willingness to join the chat

In order to tell others that you are willing to chat with other people, you can click the online status button and select "

RandomChat" "Available for Random Chat" can be used.

How to judge

You are obsessed with ICQ

If you have the following characteristics, congratulations, you are a complete ICQ fan:

1. Close your eyes before going to bed and you will have the illusion of seeing flowers.

2. Before you talk to someone, you politely ask them if they accept an invitation to chat.

3. You think sleep is your "N/A" state.

4. There’s always that little voice in your head saying “uh-oh.”

5. There are more than 500 old friends in your address book. You are proud of your huge address book and ask

all your friends to give you their contact information so that it will be even bigger.

6. You had long conversations with all 500 of your friends.

8. Your friend introduces you to a new friend, and you immediately ask if you can add them to your "

contactlist".

9. Since downloading ICQ, you've learned 7 languages, including Ukrainian and a Chilean dialect.

10. To you, ICQ is not a program, but a "gift to humanity".