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

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

They put off a vote till their next meeting, but the feeling in the chat room was grim.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2023

I followed the BinarTREE maps tracking Angela’s data flow into a chat room called Cutter’s Way.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

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