difference between e-mail, online chat, and instant messaging These are three different approach of communicating with other people over the Internet.
1. E-mail is a way of sending individual messages to people using an e-mail server to relay the message. Because the server keeps the messages for a person until he or she retrieves them, e-mail can be sent whether or not a person is online. To send or receive e-mail is to use a mail program for example Outlook Explorer or Mac OS X Mail that will communicate with your mail server. A different method is called Webmail (like Hotmail or Gmail) that permits you to send messages using a Web-based interface. To send somebody an e-mail message using either of these ways, you just want to know their e-mail address.
2. Online Chat is a way of talking online in real-time with lots of people at one time. Some chat rooms are available through the Web, such as Yahoo! Chat, while others want a there software program for chatting with other users. Using online chat, you can meet new people in an unknown environment. You will require selecting a "screen name" to join a chat room, but the screen name can be anything you want it to be. I usually prefer something that describes me well, like "Hot Guy."
3. Instant messaging, or "IMing", is a way of communicating online with a select group of people, usually on an individual basis. For someone an instant message, you need to know his or her nickname. You can save your friends screen names on the list, called "Buddy List." In this world messaging screen name is likely to be more permanent than with online chat. Furthermore, in contrast to online chat, you need to use the instant messaging program, such as AOL Instant Messenger and MSN Messenger. While online, you can open a chat window with many of his friends at once, and type messages back and forth, until you realize that it's time to sleep and you have not done your homework you have.
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