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computer conferencing

British  

noun

  1. the conduct of meetings through the use of computer-based telecommunications

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Yet even at the very dawn of computer conferencing, conspiracy theories were alive and kicking.

From Slate

The suspect newsgroups are all part of the freewheeling computer conferencing system called Usenet, which is distributed globally via the Internet.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It is my overwhelming belief that E-mail and computer conferencing is teaching an entire generation about the flexibility and utility of prose," writes Jon Carroll, a columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Area of special expertise: applications of global sources of online information, computer conferencing, global electronic mail, automation of information retrieval, MS-DOS computer applications.

From Project Gutenberg

Within two years thousands of users had joined the dial-in computer conferencing system and were sharing their deepest hopes and fears with one another.

From Project Gutenberg