diff -r ec3eea6b2afc -r 13f19fb2587a data/dictionary.xml
--- a/data/dictionary.xml Mon Aug 12 23:23:52 2013 +0200
+++ b/data/dictionary.xml Tue Aug 13 13:52:41 2013 +0200
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
compared to e-mail, IM messages are short (few words, sentence) and the other side is expected (depending on his/her online status) to read and respond it immediately;
compared to SMS, IM messages are cheap – typically free of charge;
important IM feature is presence – the sender knows current status of the recipient: online, offline, away, busy etc.;
- IM is rooted in the computer world but nowadays it is often used also on mobile phones as alternative to (expensive) SMS – in such case it is called OTT and requires mobile Internet connectivity;
+ IM is rooted in the computer world but nowadays it is often used also on mobile phones as an alternative to (expensive) SMS – in such case it is called OTT and requires mobile Internet connectivity;
IM messages are usually transferred over an TCP/IP protocol – good example is Jabber/XMPP which is free and open protocol for IM and presence based on XML
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+ a communication protocol for messaging based on XML;
+ used for transferring
+ IM messages,
+ presence information (statuses like: online, busy, away etc.),
+ contact list (called roster here) management,
+ singaling of VoIP and video, file transfers etc.;
+ can be also used as generic messaging protocol for connecting computer systems (not only human-human interaction)
+ or for human-computer interaction (for accessing services like dictionaries, weather forecast or TV guide)
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+ a contact list; term used by Jabber/XMPP
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+ messaging
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