Commonly there are two ways: you can chat in the chat room of the web site or chat with the chat software directly.

一般有两种途径。你可以在网站的聊天室里聊，或直接通过聊天软件来聊。

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In fact, software such as QQ chat a lot, but basically there is no open source, but only the client software, some software like ICQ, although the service side but not open source.

其实像QQ聊天这样的软件有很多，但基本上都没有公开源代码，而且也只是提供软件客户端，有一些像ICQ的软件虽提供服务端但却不公开源代码。

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The engineers behind Google Talk have also made mention of new mobile versions of the chat software that are expected in coming months.

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