At the time of creation, the service belonged to its creator, that is, Mirabilis. The service is commercial, but you can use it for free. They created their own company and called it Mirabilis (from Latin it translates as wonderful, amazing). ICQ was developed by four young programmers from Tel Aviv, Israel: Sefi Vigiser, Arik Vardi, Yair Goldfinger and Amnon Amir.

The first version of ICQ 0.5 was released in November 1996 and became one of the very first Internet chats. As in other large network systems, which serve a large number of client requests, given server not the only one and some are server clusters. Messaging can be with the participation of both the server itself and without it. The program connects via the Internet to a server through which it searches and communicates with other users. The service user is rewritten using the client program, which includes an Internet connection. ICQ is a centralized instant messaging service that runs on the OSCAR protocol. Now that you've already understood what is aska, let's look at all the possible points. AT given time ICQ belongs to the Russian investment fund Group. ICQ stands for I seek You, which means 'I'm looking for you' in English. ICQ is one of the largest networks through which millions of people can exchange instant messages on the Internet. We'll talk about what is ICQ, or as they say “among the people” ICQ, since its pronunciation sounds like “I-C-Q”.

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