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The basic concept of sending instantaneously messages to logged in users came with ... CTSS ...
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Unix command to send messages to another user by writing directly to their terminal
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argument is only necessary when a user is logged into more than one terminal.
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New Concepts for Presence and Availability in Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing
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A conversation initiated between two users on the same machine:
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to another user by writing a message directly to another user's
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The write command was included in the First Edition of the
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Original author(s)
Dennis Ritchie
Ken Thompson
Developer(s)
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Operating system
Unix
Unix-like
Platform
Cross-platform
Type
Command
Unix
Unix-like
utility
send messages
TTY
Research Unix
Compatible Time-Sharing System

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