Chat rooms can be referred to as social forums that brings different people together from backgrounds of a website or as an attribute to a website.
They are aided by different technologies such as the internet and cell phones.
Different types of chat rooms exist depending on the technology which they utilize.
Text centered are the conventional room types which exist and can be found both online and through cell phone services.
Video chats are highly catching up and they allow the members to communicate using web cameras and a number of cell phones also support this function.
They typically allow a number of people to join it.
Chat rooms require people to hold accounts or profiles with the website which runs them.
To join one of these rooms a person usually fills out an application and they are thereafter allowed access to these room.
The users are required to log into the communication rooms using their user names and passwords.
There are some rooms which are focussed on particular topics or social groupings while others allow the members to talk about different topics and any person can join them.
There are usually a set of rules which determine how members can behave within the chat room environment and they also prescribe language restrictions that can be used within a particular room.
Some rooms allow the other members to kick out a particular member who is deemed as behaving in an inappropriate manner within this type of environment.
There are rooms which also allow members to conduct one-on-one conversations away from the main chat room environment.
The members usually chat with each other through keyed in messages that appear on the chat screen.
These applications can also be downloaded on cell phones enabling cell phone users to chat with practically anyone around the globe.