Contact list

[1] It is a commonplace feature of instant messaging, Email clients, online games and mobile phones.

[1] Contacts lists' windows show screen names that represent actual other people.

[2] To communicate with someone on the list, the user can select a name and act upon it, for example open a new E-mail editing session, instant message, or telephone call.

[citation needed] With most programs, the contact list can be minimized to keep it from getting in the way, and is accessed again by selecting its icon.

[citation needed] Such lists may be used to form social networks with more specific purposes.