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Skype topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Technology and Applications as prominent areas in the source structure around Skype.

Related topics: 197
Source areas: 9
Connected nodes: 206
Extracted relationships: 250
Related term clusters: 38
Bridge connections: 206

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 74 topics

Security and privacy · 52 topics

History · 26 topics

Technology · 25 topics

Features · 10 topics

Usage and traffic · 5 topics

Customer service · 2 topics

Educational use · 2 topics

Etymology · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Android, discontinued: 8.150.0.125 / 5 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-05)
Available in: 108 languages
Developers: Skype Technologies (2003–2011) · Microsoft (2011–2025)
iOS, discontinued: 8.150.0.125 / 5 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-05)
License: Proprietary software
Linux, discontinued: 8.150.0.125 / 5 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-05)

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Skype

11Proprietary software · Application software · Skype Technologies

9Niklas Zennström · Sweden · Janus Friis

4Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Microsoft HoloLens

4Cybersex trafficking · Videoconferencing · Australian Federal Police

15Estonians · EBay · Silver Lake Partners

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Etymology

Network architecture

Features

Usage and traffic

Security and privacy

Customer service

Educational use

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Skype connects Entity context

The extracted context around Skype shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Skype → Arabic, Brazilian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, European, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian Another extracted example is Skype → Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Top relations

related to Localization · 42

Skype → Arabic, Brazilian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, European, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian

related to Features · 36

Skype → Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand

related to history · 27

Skype → Andreessen Horowitz, Annus, August, Board, Canada Pension Plan Investment, Comcast, Denmark, Estonians Ahti Heinla, Friis, HDTV, In June, Inc, Jaan Tallinn, Janus Friis, July, Kazaa, Luxembourg-based Skype Technologies SA, Niklas Zennström, Onet, P2P

related to Service in the People's Republic of China · 18

Skype → China, China's, Chinese, Chinese Communist Party, Falun Gong, In October, Information, Internet, IP, Niklas Zennström, One, Since September, Taiwan, The TOM, Tibet, TOM, TOM Online, TOM-Skype

related to Microsoft acquisition · 16

Skype → Along, April, China, May, Messaging, Messenger, Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, October, OS, Skype Communications, US, Windows, Windows Live Messenger, Windows RT, Windows Store

related to Protocol · 14

Skype → August, Global Index P2P, Internet, Joltid Ltd, June, Kazaa, Microsoft, Microsoft Notification Protocol, Part, Session Initiation Protocol, SIP, Transferred, VoIP, Within

related to Audio codecs · 11

Skype → Additionally, CELT, IETF, Internet Engineering Task Force, Opus, RFC, September, SILK, Since, Skype-created, SVOPC

related to Closure · 10

Skype → December, Existing, January, June, May, Microsoft, Microsoft Teams, Skype Dial Pad, Teams, Users

related to Customer service · 7

Skype → Chat Support, Direct, In January, Skype Facebook, Skype Premium, Twitter, US

related to Protocol detection and control · 7

Skype → Bayes, Combining, Many, Pearson's, Skype's, Skype's TCP, UDP-based

Important terminology

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Important terminology

microsoft users used windows video service user available mobile also new version calls security messaging software announced client 2012 may

Skype relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 250 structured relationships around Skype. Examples in this analysis include Skype → Android, discontinued → 8.150.0.125 / 5 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-05) and Skype → Available in → 108 languages. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Skype	Android, discontinued	8.150.0.125 / 5 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-05)	1.00	infobox
Skype	Available in	108 languages	1.00	infobox
Skype	Developers	Skype Technologies (2003–2011)	1.00	infobox
Skype	Developers	Microsoft (2011–2025)	1.00	infobox
Skype	iOS, discontinued	8.150.0.125 / 5 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-05)	1.00	infobox
Skype	License	Proprietary software	1.00	infobox
Skype	Linux, discontinued	8.150.0.125 / 5 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-05)	1.00	infobox
Skype	macOS, discontinued	8.150.0.125 / 5 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-05)	1.00	infobox
Skype	Operating system	Windows, Windows Server, Windows Phone, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS, Wear OS, HoloLens, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S	1.00	infobox
Skype	Original authors	Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinn	1.00	infobox
Skype	Predecessor	MSN Messenger	1.00	infobox
Skype	Release	29 August 2003 (22 years ago) (2003-08-29)	1.00	infobox
Skype	Successor	Microsoft Teams	1.00	infobox
Skype	Type	Videoconferencing, VoIP and Instant messaging	1.00	infobox
Skype	Website	www.skype.com (archived January 2025)	1.00	infobox
Skype	Windows, desktop, discontinued	8.150.0.125 / 5 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-05)	1.00	infobox
Skype	Windows, UWP, discontinued	Windows, UWP, discontinued15.150.3125.0 / 5 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-05)Windows, desktop, discontinued8.150.0.125 / 5 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-05)macOS, disconti…	1.00	infobox
Skype	Windows, UWP, discontinued	15.150.3125.0 / 5 May 2025; 15 months ago (2025-05-05)	1.00	infobox
Skype	founded in	2003	0.95	text
Skype	founded by	Niklas Zennström	0.90	text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Skype bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Users, Announced and Windows. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

Skype
- Users
- Announced
- Windows
- Video
- Available
- New
- Service
- Security
- Version
- User
- Used
- Client
skype
- Users
- Announced
- Windows
- Video
- Available
- New
- Service
- Security
- Version
- User
- Used
- Client
skype technologies
- Users
- Announced
- Windows
- Video
- Available
- New
- Service
- Security
- Version
- User
- Used
- Client
skype for business
- Users
- Announced
- Windows
- Video
- Available
- New
- Service
- Security
- Version
- User
- Used
- Client
skype protocol
- Users
- Voip
- Used
- Announced
- Skype's
- Windows
- Video
- Support
- Software
- Available
- New
- Service
skype qik
- Users
- Announced
- Windows
- Video
- Available
- New
- Service
- Security
- Version
- User
- Used
- Client
skype a scientist
- Users
- Announced
- Windows
- Video
- Available
- New
- Service
- Security
- Version
- User
- Used
- Client
proprietary
- Protocol
- Voip
- Application
- Voice
- Used
- Software
- Client
- Calls
- Also
- Available
- Desktop
- Peer-to-peer

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Skype, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Skype with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Skype — Overview · splits 132 ⟂ 75

Skype — Security and privacy · splits 154 ⟂ 53

Skype — History · splits 180 ⟂ 27

Skype — Technology · splits 181 ⟂ 26

Skype — Features · splits 196 ⟂ 11

Skype — Usage and traffic · splits 201 ⟂ 6

Skype — Customer service · splits 204 ⟂ 3

Skype — Educational use · splits 204 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Skype

Nodes207

Edges206

Triples250

Avg. degree1.99

Density0.009662

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Skype to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Technology & Applications, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Skype · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

Skype: History, Technology & Applications

Skype topic overview

What this topic covers Research coverage

Key facts & relationships

Start with your topic. Discover where to go next.

Questions to explore

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Overview

Etymology

History

Features

Usage and traffic

Technology

Security and privacy

Customer service

Educational use

For the semantics nerds

Advanced semantic analysis

How Skype connects Entity context

Skype

Top relations

Important terminology

Important terminology

Skype relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

Map overview Semantic statistics

Skype

Source & methodology