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Avatars in Instant Messaging

AOL Instant Messenger was the first popular Instant Messaging program to use avatars, picking up on the idea from PC Games. However, AOLIM (and many IM Users) commonly refer to avatars as Buddy Icons. Today, many popular instant messaging programs use Avatars, including MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger

A buddy icon is a small image associated with an Instant messaging (IM) account. AOL Instant Messenger was the first IM program to use Buddy Icons, but now several other popular IM programs do, including MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger.

Depending on the program, sometimes Buddy Icons are also referred to as Avatars (Yahoo) or display pictures (MSN).