Text messaging, also called short message service (SMS), allows users to send short messages via a cellular device. It also allows you to send audio and video in addition to text. You can also send messages and multimedia messages from a cell phone to a webpage. Since there are some limits to the amount you can send or text, companies now offer unlimited messaging plans. They have short abbreviations to save space. (ie, c u 2 morrow means see you tomorrow.) This is something I have yet to master. By the time I'm finishing sending the message in regular english, the person on the other end has sent several messages back. I'm much faster than I was a year ago. Then there's chat. It is more than one user, exchanging text or multimedia messages using special client or web interface. The users need a special kind of internet relay chat (IRC) and the receiving users has to have the same server to chat. You may also use a chatroom, where you can have the privilege to go to private channels, where to get in you have to be invited.
Web based chat is using a web browser instead of a chat client, that's the difference from a chat room. You can also text and have multimedia messages.
Chat is very popular and there are certain rules that has to be followed. Abbreviations are also used and users should never give their real names, addresses or private information. A very popular chat is instant messaging (IM). It can be with general people on the internet.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078997-2.html
http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php
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