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DEVELOPING A CHAT SERVER
Abstract
Teleconferencing or Chatting, is a method of using technology to bring people and
ideas together despite of the geographical barriers. The technology has been
available for years but the acceptance it was quit recent. Our project is an example of
a chat server. It is made up of 2 applications the client application, which runs on the
user s Pc and server application, which runs on any Pc on the network. To start
chatting client should get connected to server where they can practice two kinds of
chatting, public one (message is broadcasted to all connected users) and private one
(between any 2 users only) and during the last one security measures were taken.
Acknowledgments
Many People contributed to the success of this project. Although a single
sentence hardly suffices, I would like to thank some of the key people:
Mr. Youssif Simonouglo, Professional Technical Support Sita; Mr. Maroun Attallah,
Director of N.D.U Computer Center, and all N.D.U Computer Center Staff.
For their helpful comments and suggestions, I thank:
Mr. Armen Balian, N.D.U Analyst and Programmer.
Mr. Victor Sawma, N.D.U Analyst and Programmer.
Special thanks to Dr. Marie khair for supervisoring this project all the semester.
Another special thanks go to my teachers, friends, and my family, whose
patience and encouragement were the catalyst of this project.
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to you, the reader, for deciding to embark on fascinating
journey of discovery and exploration so that you can implement innovate windows
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