chat room

American

Also chatroom

noun

Digital Technology.

a branch of a computer network or a software application in which participants can engage in real-time discussions about a specific topic with one another group chat.

chat room Cultural

A service provided by certain ISPs that allows a group of people to communicate with each other by typing at their keyboards.

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Chat rooms can facilitate free-flowing conversations ranging from a discussion about pop music to friendly banter.

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Thomas Calverley taught PE at Adeyfield Academy, in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and believed he was talking to a 14-year-old boy in an online chat room.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

I started a conversation with her in a chat room.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

Any Twitter user can join a Space, which have hosts who set up the audio chat room and choose the topic to be discussed.

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

Teixeira posted the highly classified material in a geopolitical chat room on Discord, a social media platform that started as a hangout for gamers.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2023

I can host a virtual chat room for us.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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