Skype

See also: skype

English

Etymology

From Sky peer-to-peer, which was then abbreviated to Skyper. However, some of the domain names associated with Skyper were already taken. Dropping the final r left the current title Skype, for which domain names were available.

Verb

Skype (third-person singular simple present Skypes, present participle Skyping, simple past and past participle Skyped)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of skype

Proper noun

Skype

  1. (trademark) A telecommunications application by Skype Technologies.
  2. (trademark) The company Skype Technologies that develops telecommunications software.

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