buddy list

buddy list definition - telecom
A closed correspondent list of friends, associates, and others that one invites to exchange instant messages (IM). Anyone not on the buddy list cannot determine your presence or communicate with you via IM. See also IM.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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