The chat is accomplished by typing on the keyboard, not speaking. Each keystroke is transmitted as it is pressed. A user types something and sends it to everybody else who is in the specific chat room. A chat room is simply where people gather to chat with each other. Illustration A chatroom basically a screen with messages being displayed on it.
Users usually have a nickname or a handle, so that it can be determined who is sending what message.
Below is a picture of XOOM's International Chatroom Sorry, your browser is not Java-enabled, you will not be able to chat. However, chatrooms are usually pretty different in exactly what they offer. Pricing Usually, normal text chat is free. Sometimes, chat services will charge for other advanced types of chat, such as animated chat. History Chatrooms basically started out as BBS's, bulletin board systems.