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plural ICQs
(amateur radio) A call for acknowledgement. examples
(Internet) A program allowing users to send each other instant messages via the Internet. quotations examples
ICQ was unusual among instant-messaging systems because it used what is called peer-to-peer technology—ICQ users essentially communicated with each other directly, without having all their messages pass through a central server.
2005, Laura Lambert, Chris Woodford, Christos J. P. Moschovitis, The Internet: A Historical Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, page 136
third-person singular simple present ICQs, present participle ICQing, simple past and past participle ICQed
(transitive, Internet) To send an instant message to (someone) using ICQ. quotations examples
"My friends ICQ me before they call me just to make sure I'm there," said Kurera, a 19-year-old sophomore […]
2000 January 14, Greg Miller, “Ethernet Is Changing Dorm Life”, in Los Angeles Times
I'll log-on in Hawaii. If needed we can ICQ from there.
2002, Mike Savage, Lake Effect, Savage Press, page 94
It shut him up. Never had him ICQ me again.
2004, Michael C. Westwood, Meeting the President, page 94