Why is Tencent called QQ? Why use penguins as symbols?
Hello, QQ is used to imitate ICQ. ICQ is an international chat tool, which means I'm looking for you. OICQ imitates it by adding an O before ICQ, which means "speak and I'll find you". The little penguin in logo is very cute, which is cute in English. Because cuteness is homophonic with Q, it is also suitable for QQ. Question: How did the name QQ come from, and how did OICQ become the later QQ? A: Tencent was established in June 1998 1 1. It is one of the largest Internet integrated service providers in China and one of the Internet enterprises with the largest number of service users in China. Since its establishment more than ten years ago, Tencent has been adhering to the business philosophy of "taking user value as the starting point" and adopting perfect hacker physique, and has been in a state of stable and rapid development. On June 16, 2004, Tencent was publicly listed on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code 700). QQ 20 1 1+0 login screen199811210. In October, Zhang Zhidong, a classmate of Ma and University, was officially registered as "Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Co., Ltd.". At that time, the company's main business was to expand the wireless network paging system. When the company was founded, its main business was to establish an online paging system for paging stations. This kind of software development project for enterprises or units can be said to be the best choice for almost all small and medium-sized network service companies. This is the predecessor of Tencent QQ. 1February, 1999, Tencent independently developed an Internet-based instant messaging network tool-Tencent Instant Messaging Tool (referred to as TM or Tencent QQ). Its reasonable design, good usability, powerful functions and stable and efficient system operation have won the favor of users. QQ used to imitate ICQ. ICQ is an international chat tool, which means I'm looking for you. OICQ imitates it by adding an O before ICQ, which means "Open me to find you", but it is accused of infringement, so Tencent boss changed the name of OICQ to QQ, which is the QQ we use now, except the name. Because the little penguin in the logo is cute, it is cute in English, and because it is homophonic with Q, it is also a good name for the little penguin by QQ. By 2000, Tencent's OICQ had basically occupied nearly 100% of the online instant messaging market in China, which basically sealed the victory. At this time, trouble came. AOL sent a lawyer's letter to Tencent. ICQ is a registered trademark of AOL, so any similar software that uses the word ICQ in its name risks infringing its trademark rights. Ask Tencent to change the name of OICQ, or go to court. Therefore, in version 0325 of OICQ 2000 Build, OICQ made another self-protection change in advance, but version 0325 called itself "QQ2000" from the beginning of the installation file to avoid legal conflict with ICQ. This QQ was originally a nickname for OICQ by netizens, but it became the official new name of OICQ overnight. Qq20 1 1 Tencent Weibo In addition, Qq also has the functions of mobile phone chat, online paging of bp machine, chat room, point-to-point breakpoint file continuation, * * file sharing, QQ mailbox, network favorites, sending greeting cards and so on. QQ is not only a simple instant messaging software, but also cooperates with many paging stations and mobile communication companies in China to realize the short message interconnection between traditional wireless paging networks and GSM mobile phones. It is the most popular and powerful instant messaging (IM) software in China. Tencent QQ supports online chat, video, voice, instant file transfer and other functions. At the same time, QQ can also be connected with mobile communication terminals, IP telephone networks, wireless paging and other communication modes, making QQ not only a simple network virtual pager, but also a convenient, practical and super-efficient instant communication tool. QQ is probably the most commonly used communication tool in China/view/view1535.htm.