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6. Glossary

account, handle

An identity on a service, like someone's ICQ number.

contact

A named set of accounts that lead to the same person.

contact list, buddy list

The list of people whose status you can see, and with whom you can have conversations. This list can be stored by the service (as in MSN) or only by EveryBuddy (as in IRC). In any case EveryBuddy will store your last known contact list, in order to have a meaningful contact list available before you sign in to any services.

friendly name, nickname

A feature of some services, like MSN, that allows you to set the name under which you appear on other people's buddy lists. EbQt does not currently show other people's friendly names.

group

A named set of contacts, grouped in whatever way you want (e.g. family, colleagues, EveryBuddy developers)

group chat

A conversation with several people, usually they don't all need to be on your contact list. IRC channels are a good example.

local account

Your identity on a service, like your ICQ number. For some services (where not all available servers are joined together), your handle may include a server address, as in cmb@irc.openprojects.net. It usually has a password (except for IRC), and it may have other settings attached to it: MSN has a "friendly name", for example.

service

A provider of instant messaging or chat, like ICQ.

signing in, signing on

Telling eb-lite (usually with the first icon on the toolbar) to connect to the service and show you as online and available for conversations, as opposed to "connecting", which (in this manual) means connecting from EbQt to eb-lite.


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