Computer conferencing - Definition and Overview

In telecommunication, the term computer conferencing has the following meanings:

1. Teleconferencing supported by one or more computers.
2. An arrangement in which access, by multiple users, to a common database is mediated by a controlling computer.
3. The interconnection of two or more computers working in a distributed manner on a common application process. Instant messenger and chat systems are multicasting approaches for computer conferencing.

See also

• DiffServ
• Predictive dialers

Source

• from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188