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Skype (/skaɪp/ ⓘ) was a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, an acquired division of Microsoft, best known for IP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls. It also had instant messaging, file transfer, debit-based calls to landline and mobile telephones (over traditional telephone networks), and other…
The analysis highlights History, Technology and Applications as prominent areas in the source structure around Skype.
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The extracted context around Skype shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Skype → Arabic, As, Brazilian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, European, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian 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.
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TTTA extracted 285 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 |
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.
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.
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