A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | XYZ
A
- Avatar: a character that you can use when interacting with friends online. By changing hairstyles, clothes, accessories, and backgrounds, you can create your own unique persona.
C
- Contact: a person with whom you interact; someone to whom you might want to send an email or instant message.
- Container: the place in which Messenger archives the instant message conversations that you have with one contact.
D
- Display image: a picture or Avatar that represents you in some way and that you share with your contacts during IM conversations.
- Domain: a set of Internet addresses, such as for a web site or email. On the Web, a domain is the part after "www." such as "my-domain.com". In an email address, the domain follows the @ symbol, such as "person1@domain.com".
E
- Emoticon: a small character that shows someone how you feel during an IM conversation, such as happy, sad, or laughing.
I
- Ignore List: a list of people from whom you don’t want to see or hear anything while you’re using Yahoo! Messenger.
- Instant messaging: the ability to exchange messages in real time with other people over the Internet.
M
- Messenger client: the software version of Yahoo! Messenger that you download to your computer. The client includes features that cannot be found in the web version, such as call features and plug-ins.
- Messenger List: a list of coworkers, friends, family, and associates who also use Messenger.
O
- Online status: a setting that lets others know when you are available to chat.
S
- Spammer: someone who sends spam.
T
- Taskbar: the bar, containing menus, found above the photos in the viewing area.
W
- Windows Live™ Messenger: Microsoft® Windows’ free instant messaging application.
XYZ
- Yahoo! ID: the name by which a person is known to all Yahoo! networks.
- Yahoo! Messenger: an application that lets you communicate using your voice, text, or other means with one or more people over the Internet in real time (instantly).