chat room

American  

Also chatroom

noun

Digital Technology.

• chat rooms
  plural

1. 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.

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chat room Cultural  

1. 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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• chat rooms
  plural

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chat room

Russian managers seeking North Korean workers can be seen posting requests almost daily on a chat room run by MMC Personnel, a Russian agency that provides foreign workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Before the sun rose over a barren desert landscape, YouTuber Jimmy Williams watched as hundreds of subscribers took to his online chat room.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

Fans connect in a Discord chat room for “Otherworld” listeners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2023

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

“You didn’t answer his question. How did you gain access to this chat room without an invitation? And without any of us even knowing you were here?”

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