{"id":4043,"date":"2011-11-10T16:29:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T16:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/netmeeting\/"},"modified":"2016-08-23T11:05:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T11:05:56","slug":"netmeeting","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4747\/netmeeting","title":{"rendered":"NetMeeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_netmeeting_mean\">What Does NetMeeting Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>NetMeeting was a popular audio\/videoconferencing and instant messaging (IM) application that was included with Microsoft Windows versions 95 OSR2 to Windows XP. NetMeeting was replaced by Windows Meeting Space when Windows Vista was released.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_netmeeting\">Techopedia Explains NetMeeting<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>NetMeeting provided desktop audio\/video sharing, chat and file transfer functionalities. 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