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How to Use Chat...to open the door to new friends and business contacts,all over the world for the price of a local phone call.  What is Chat?Along with e-mail and the World Wide Web, Chat is o­ne of the most favoured features of the Internet. If you have friends or family members in another part of the country--or even in another part of the world--you can arrange a time to chat with them and have a lengthy "conversation" in real time for the price of the local call that connects your modem to the Internet. There are no long-distance charges involved. When using a chat application, you type text into a window o­n your screen. The person with whom you are chatting types back and the two of you converse in this way. For a list of sites where you can chat o­n the Web, visit Yahoo's Chat Directories section and click o­n CHAT. Chat rooms o­n the Web, however, can be slow and confusing. The best programs to use for chat are mIRC and ICQ. These two programs must be downloaded from the Web and installed o­n your computer. Both programs are FREE. MIRC: This IRC (Internet Relay Chat) software is easy to install and use.Learn about and download mIRC. ICQ: With ICQ always o­n your taskbar, you will know immediately if your friends, business associates or family are o­nline, anywhere in the world, even if they’re o­nly checking their e-mail. You can then send them a chat request.Learn about and download ICQ (I Seek You). Please Click if you like this on google plus.