Online schools also can provide support to traditional schools, as in the case of the School Net Namibia.

Since 2008, RAINN has provided anonymous, on-line crisis support through its National Sexual Assault Online Hotline via instant messaging.

The original Ultima Online client is 2D and, while it was state of the art when released, it is intended to be used on low-end machines that cannot support the more taxing 3D client.

The support for this client is ended on 9 September 2009, to streamline the patch process prior to the release of the Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss expansion.

In the article What to Look for in Quality Online Support Groups, John M. Grohol gives tips for evaluating online groups and states: " In good online support groups, members stick around long after they've received the support they were seeking.

Online support groups, online communities for those affected by a common problem, give mutual support and provide information, two often inseparable features.

Online communities focused in health were shown to offer a unique form of emotional support that differed from event based realities and informational support networks.

Online documentation for SAS software is provided on their technical support website.

Games under EA's development continued to use Gamespy, but dropped support for Westwood Online in favor of using EA's own servers.

* Tracheostomy Products and Support ( Online resource for tracheostomy products, supplies and support ) at trachs. com

In later years, Origin mainly existed to support and expand Ultima Online and to develop further online games based on the Ultima franchise such as Ultima X: Odyssey, originally to be released in 2004 but later canceled.

In 2005 Sony Online Entertainment ( SOE ) bought Worlds Apart, but continued to support LOTR Online TCG.

On May 22, 2007 SOE-Decipher announced the closure of all support for the Online gaming system.

As of March 30, 2012, Sony Online Entertainment has removed server support for the game, and it is no longer playable.

* Network play: support for lobby-based online play, dubbed StepMania Online.

UNESCO, who initially had granted patronage to the first International Online Free Expression Day to be held on March 12, 2008, withdrew its patronage on the day of the event giving as reasons that RWB " published material concerning a number of UNESCO's Member States, which UNESCO had not been informed of and could not endorse " and that " UNESCO's logo was placed in such a way as to indicate the Organization's support of the information presented.

Online browsing support capabilities.

Science Resources Online has a list of links to sites that support students learning in science.

On April 22, 2009, Game Arts released the PlayStation port of Grandia in Japan on the PlayStation Network as a downloadable title in the PSone Classics range, to celebrate an upcoming announcement for Grandia Online, suggesting that they continue to provide for and support the title.

The support system for Weight Watchers Online is a message board where members can post support and share advice.

Recent legislation before the United States of America's Judiciary Committee is the " Stop Online Piracy Act " ( SOPA ) and supported by several businesses, groups, and organizations.

* Guardian Online review of book relating to female punk musicians / groups including Gina Birch and Ana da Silva

Online dating ( OD ) or Internet dating is a dating system which allows individuals, couples and groups to make contact and communicate with each other over the Internet, usually with the objective of developing a personal, romantic, or sexual relationship.

Online interest groups or anonymous blogs are examples of unregulated communities.

All Agents other than Agent Pace from The Matrix Online game are Caucasian males, as opposed to the population of Zion, which contains people of many ethnic groups.

Online music groups date back almost as far as the history of personal computers, and share close ties with video games and the demoscene.

Online software repositories based on Subversion ( with Redmine or Trac ), Mercurial, Git or others allow groups of individuals to collaboratively review code.

The original aim was to create a single, huge archive by linking up archives run by the different research groups ( hence its name LEO – Link Everything Online.

Online casinos can be divided into two groups based on their interface: web-based and download-only casinos.

By 1980 she had begun appearing frequently in the New London Consort and thereafter began performing across the world in Europe, Latin America and the USSR with several other period-instrument groups .< ref > Freeman-Attwood, J: " Bott, Catherine ", Grove Music Online < www. grovemusic. com >, accessed 16 April 2006 </ ref >

Online help groups consistently mention withdrawal from venlafaxine as triggering dreams of a particularly distressing and hellish quality.

Straczynski is a long-time participant in Usenet and other early computer networks, interacting with fans through various online forums ( including GEnie, CompuServe, and America Online ) since 1984.

; Online news forums

* UO Forums – Ultima Online forums.

Online communities, such as those that develop in internet forums or Usenet newsgroups, are known for generating their own adages.

A recent addition to Sky News Online has been messageboards or forums.

* TGM Online: home of the Italian magazine and related forums

Matters discussed by players on the Eve Online forums were reviewed in detail and whilst some were rejected for technical reasons, many were accepted by CCP as useful improvements to the game which would be introduced either in an early so-called point release or added to the development plans for a future major update.

Online, it runs public discussion forums, plus helps individuals find information, advocate against abuse, and connects them with nearby shelters.

Online clubs exist in the form of Internet forums, Yahoo Groups, e-mail mailing lists, dedicated websites, and even telephone conference calls.

Online Chat Rooms may be used in a similar fashion as forums for role-playing purposes.

Sony Online Entertainment's President John Smedley communicated the announcement to " Vanguard's " playerbase via the game's official forums.

Online communities of practice run the gamut from forums, faqs, to email list serves.

Online game communities, forums, chat rooms and Internet cafes became popular.

The Aotearoa Cafe began in 1998 as the Māori Discussions Online forums hosted on www. culture. co. nz ( one of the first Māori websites on the internet ).

* Social Interaction in Online Gaming from the SKOTOS forums

* Online communities: including Internet forums, blogs, and MMORGs.

Chat rooms, instant messaging, Internet forums, social networking sites, and even video game consoles have all been accused of attracting online predators .< ref >" Online Predators: Help minimize the risk ".

Issued at the same time as the GUI-only America Online began to grow in popularity, CIM was available for MS-DOS (" DOSCIM "), Microsoft Windows (" WinCIM "), Macintosh (" MacCIM "), and OS / 2 (" CIM for OS / 2 ") and allowed access to CompuServe's features, such as its forums, chat, e-mail, and messaging facilities ; these continued to be accessible via standard communications software using alphanumeric shortcuts.

Scott Martins, co-founder of World Apart Productions, stated on the Skotos. net forums that the two text-based games would continued to be offered by Skotos Tech Inc. after concern was expressed by players upon hearing of WAP's acquisition by Sony Online Entertainment.

Online platforms like chat rooms, blogs, discussion forums, customer review boards can be used to generate customer feedback.

Online producers will also work with web teams to conceive, design and launch new web products such as blogs, community forums and user profiles.