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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | ICQ |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
AOL acquired Mirabilis and ICQ in 1998. A press release announced the acquisition.
ICQ users are identified by numbers called UIN, distributed in sequential order (though there are rumored to be gaps in the sequence). New users today will be given a UIN of well over 100,000,000. Low numbers (six digits or less) have been auctioned on eBay by users who signed up in ICQ's early days.
AOL's OSCAR network protocol used by ICQ is proprietary, but a number of people have created more or less compatible third-party clients, including:
The name ICQ is a play on the phrase "I seek you".
ICQ allows the sending of text messages, URLs, multi-user chats, file transfers, greeting cards and more.
The Instant Messaging community wishes to remove the proprietary protocol of IMs like ICQ and create a single instant messaging format, called Unified Instant Messaging under the IPv6 Protocol, involving AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo.
AOL has recently begun making its ICQ software more AIM-like by adding AIM Smilies, as well as introducing cross AIM/ICQ communication. Users on ICQ are able to communicate with AIM users, however such capability is in beta stages.
See also: Red Bend software
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ICQ | English | I seek you | Computing |
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Movie/TV Titles | ICQ (2001) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
icq | 27,405 | com icq | 90 |
icq lite | 1,572 | icq ip | 86 |
icq download | 1,449 | icq 2000b | 85 |
icq plus | 805 | icq ip sniffer | 84 |
icq skin | 681 | icq 2001 | 78 |
go icq | 589 | icq web | 68 |
mirabilis icq | 551 | icq chat room | 64 |
icq chat | 432 | icq 2001b | 63 |
icq utility | 414 | icq tool | 63 |
2 go icq | 321 | icq.com panel | 60 |
icq 2002 | 314 | web based icq | 58 |
2003 icq | 303 | icq light | 55 |
2002a icq | 219 | multi icq | 53 |
icq 2000 | 147 | icq for linux | 50 |
icq pro | 127 | icq sound | 50 |
2003a icq | 124 | free icq download | 50 |
icq chat rooms | 114 | icq white page | 50 |
icq messenger | 111 | dark icq | 48 |
icq password | 106 | 2003 icq pro | 47 |
2002b icq | 101 | icq sniffer | 45 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words containing "ICQ": picquet, picquets. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-q" | |
+2 letters: quick. | |
+3 letters: acquit, caique, cinque, cirque, clique, cliquy, quaich, quiche, quicks, quince, quinic, quitch. | |
+4 letters: acequia, acquire, acquits, aquatic, cacique, caiques, cazique, charqui, cinques, cirques, cliqued, cliques, cliquey, coquina, coquito, croquis, picquet, quadric, quaichs, quantic, quartic, quiches, quicken, quicker, quickie, quickly, quinces, quintic, squinch. | |
+5 letters: acequias, acquaint, acquired, acquirer, acquires, aquatics, caciques, calquing, caziques, charquid, charquis, cinquain, cliquier, cliquing, cliquish, conquian, coquille, coquinas, coquitos, critique, picquets, piquance, piquancy, quacking, quackish, quackism, quadrics, quaiches, quantics, quartics, quercine, quickens, quickest, quickies, quickset, quidnunc, quincunx, quintics, quitches, quixotic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 43 51 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -.-. --.- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01000011 01010001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I C Q |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0043 0051 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)433751 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Abbreviations 6. Acronyms 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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