ICQ

British

noun

an instant messaging computer program that enables internet users to locate and communicate with one another online

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Etymology

Origin of ICQ

approximate abbreviation of I seek you

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The company had just been bought by AOL, where he managed to survive continual purges, eventually being put in charge of AIM and ICQ, a pair of popular instant-messaging services.

From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 26, 2012

Tencent was founded in 1998 by four geeky college classmates and a friend from Shenzhen who devised a Chinese version of the pioneering instant messaging service ICQ.

From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 4, 2011

Additionally, the company said that it sold its instant- messaging service ICQ to Digital Sky Technologies Ltd for $187.5 million and that it is pursuing a sale of social networking site Bebo.

From Reuters ● Apr. 28, 2010

The teenage son could be going on the Internet via AOL, wandering cyberspace on a Netscape browser and chatting with pals using AOL's ICQ instant messaging service.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2000

All the while, Jesse listened to music, and answered ICQ messages.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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