Difference between revisions of "Pidgin"

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'''Pidgin''' is a chat program which lets people log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. The user can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room simultaneously.
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'''Pidgin''' refers to a simplified [[language]] that is used for [[trade]] purposes between groups of people who do not share a similar language, whereas [[creole]]s are fully fledged new languages that arise from a pidgin once young children are exposed to it.<ref>[http://www.michaelerard.com/fulltext/2006/08/a_language_is_born_new_scienti.html]</ref>
  
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Pidgin runs on [[Windows]], [[Linux]], and other [[UNIX]] operating systems.
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==See also==
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*[[Pidgin (software)]] for the chat program
  
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Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks:
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== References ==
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*AIM
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*ICQ
 
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*Google Talk
 
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*Jabber/XMPP
 
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*MSN Messenger
 
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*Yahoo!
 
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*Bonjour
 
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*Gadu-Gadu
 
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*IRC
 
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*Novell GroupWise Messenger
 
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*QQ
 
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*Lotus Sametime
 
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*SILC
 
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*SIMPLE
 
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*MXit
 
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*MySpaceIM
 
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*Zephyr
 
  
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Pidgin supports many features of these chat networks, such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications. Numerous plugins also extend Pidgin's functionality above and beyond the standard features.
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[[Category:Language]]
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Pidgin is [[free software]], [[open source]] and licensed under the GNU General Public License.
 

Latest revision as of 17:33, July 13, 2016

Pidgin refers to a simplified language that is used for trade purposes between groups of people who do not share a similar language, whereas creoles are fully fledged new languages that arise from a pidgin once young children are exposed to it.[1]

See also

References