English

Alternative forms

• web chat

Noun

webchat ‎(plural webchats)

1. A conversation that takes place, usually in text, over the World Wide Web.
   • 1998, Aliza Sherman, Cybergrrl!: a woman's guide to the World Wide Web

     Some webchats that deliver a real-time feeling require […] plug-ins, which are mini-software programs that you need to download from the Web onto your computer so your Web browser can launch into chat […]

   • 2007, Malcolm Coulthard, Alison Johnson, An Introduction to Forensic Linguistics: Language in Evidence (page 216)

     Avon and Somerset Constabulary Interactive webchat (9 February 2007)