Jabber

Proper Noun · Open Source

Definitions

  1. The older common name associated with the XMPP messaging protocol and ecosystem. In internet history and open-protocol culture, Jabber represents an era of federated real-time messaging before many people moved to more centralized chat platforms.

    In plain English: An older common name for the XMPP messaging ecosystem.

    Example: "The ops team still had a Jabber bridge in one corner of the stack, a small fossil from an earlier era of federation and self-hosted messaging."

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