Hello poster, QQ used to imitate ICQ. ICQ is an international chat tool, which means I seek you. OICQ imitated it and added a letter O in front of ICQ. It means opening I seek you, which means "open ICQ". The little penguin in the logo is very cute. In English, it is cute. Because cute and Q are homophonic, so the little penguin is also a good name with QQ. Follow-up question: Where did the name QQ come from, and how did OICQ become QQ later? Answer: Tencent was founded in November 1998. It is currently one of the largest comprehensive Internet service providers in China and the Internet with the largest number of service users in China. One of the enterprises. Since its establishment more than ten years ago, Tencent has been adhering to the business philosophy of "all based on user value", adopting a perfect Hacker constitution, and has always been in a state of steady and rapid development. On June 16, 2004, Tencent was publicly listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code 700). QQ2011 login screen On November 12, 1998, Ma Huateng and his college classmate Zhang Zhidong officially registered and established "Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Co., Ltd." The company's main business at that time was the expansion of wireless network paging systems. When the company was founded, its main business was to establish an online paging system for paging stations. This kind of software development project for enterprises or units can be said to be the best choice for almost all small and medium-sized network service companies. This is the predecessor of Tencent QQ. In February 1999, Tencent independently developed an Internet-based instant messaging network tool - Tencent Instant Messenger (TM or Tencent QQ). It has reasonable design, good ease of use, powerful functions, stability and efficiency. The system operates and wins the favor of users. QQ used to imitate ICQ. ICQ is an international chat tool, which means I seek you. OICQ imitated it and added a letter O in front of ICQ, which means opening I seek you, which means " "Open ICQ", but was accused of infringement, so the boss of Tencent changed OICQ's name to QQ, which is the QQ we use now. Apart from the name, the logo of Tencent QQ has not changed, it has always been a little penguin. Because the little penguin in the logo is very cute, it is called cute in English. Because cute and Q are homophonic, so the little penguin is also a good name paired with QQ. By 2000, Tencent's OICQ had basically occupied nearly 100% of China's online instant messaging market, and had basically secured victory. At this time, trouble began. AOL sent a lawyer's letter to Tencent. ICQ is a registered trademark of AOL, so any similar software that uses the word ICQ in its name risks infringing its trademark rights. Request Tencent to change the name of OICQ, otherwise it will go to court. Therefore, in the OICQ2000 Build 0325 version, OICQ made another change to protect itself in advance. However, the 0325 version called itself "QQ2000" from the beginning of the installation file to avoid legal conflicts with ICQ. This QQ was originally the name of OICQ by netizens. This nickname became OICQ's official new name overnight. QQ2011 Tencent Weibo In addition, QQ also has functions such as chatting with mobile phones, online paging with bp machines, chat rooms, point-to-point breakpoint resumable file transfer, shared files, qq mailbox, network favorites, and sending greeting cards. QQ is not just a simple instant messaging software. It cooperates with many paging stations and mobile communication companies across the country to realize the short message interconnection of traditional wireless paging networks and GSM mobile phones. It is the most popular and powerful instant messaging (IM) in China. )software. Tencent QQ supports a variety of functions such as online chat, instant video, voice and file transmission. At the same time, QQ can also be connected to mobile communication terminals, IP telephone networks, wireless paging and other communication methods, making QQ not just a simple network virtual pager, but a convenient, practical and ultra-efficient instant messaging tool . QQ may be the most frequently used communication tool in China. Details /view/1535.htm