What does 'LOL' usually mean in chat?
AnswerLaughing out loud
LOL signals that something is funny.
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Chat facts & stats
7 fact-checked facts about chat and messaging: texting, emoji, chat rooms and chatbots, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
What is a chatbot?
AnswerA program that holds conversations with people
Chatbots respond to typed or spoken messages.
Going deeper
What did the first SMS text message, sent in 1992, say?
AnswerMerry Christmas
Engineer Neil Papworth sent it from a computer to a phone.
Alan Turing proposed his famous test of machine conversation in which year?
Answer1950
It appeared in his 1950 paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence.
What does IRC stand for?
AnswerInternet Relay Chat
IRC was created in 1988.
Expert level
Who designed the first widely used set of emoji for Japanese mobile phones in 1999?
AnswerShigetaka Kurita
Kurita's 176 emoji are in the Museum of Modern Art's collection.
Which computer scientist proposed the :-) smiley emoticon in 1982?
AnswerScott Fahlman
Fahlman suggested it on a Carnegie Mellon message board.
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