chatbox

English

Etymology

From chat +‎ box.

Noun

chatbox (plural chatboxes)

1. (Internet) A chat room.
   • 1997, vdveen, “JOTI 1997 Chatboxes IMPORTANT INFORMATION”, in de.soc.jugendarbeit (Usenet):

     As you may know, in the third weekend of October, we will organise a JOTI (Jamboree On The Internet) weekend, instead of the JOTA. During that weekend we plan to open several chatboxes on IRC. On these boxes Scouts from all over the world can chat with each other.

   • 1997, Billie Walker, “Chatboxes and email”, in bit.listserv.libref-l (Usenet):

     How do you handle students who use the Internet for chatboxes and email?

   • 2016, Zoe Griffin, Get Rich Blogging‎^[1], Kings Road Publishing, →ISBN:

     As the video streams, there's a chatbox by the side of it. All viewers are welcome to leave comments in the chatbox or simply watch the chat that is developing.

2. (Internet) A tagboard.