ICQ

n. I am looking for you, program developed by an Israeli company that allows a user to check in real time if his friends are connected to the Internet and locate them for Internet chats; call for acknowledgement

v. send a message via the Internet using ICQ

ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, owned by Time Warner's AOL subsidiary. ICQ was first developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis. The first version of the program was released in November 1996. The name ICQ is an oronym on the phrase "I seek you".
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<chat> 1. Abbreviation for "I seek you".
2. A proprietary chat system created by a couple of israeli guys, who later founded "mirabilis". ICQ was sold to America On-Line around 1998.
The name "ICQ" is a play on "cq", the radio signal for seeking conversation.
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