# Chat App

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chat-app/143187>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 4, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chat-app/143187 "2005-04-04T01:11:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![amitgeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@amitgeorge](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/amitgeorge)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/chat-app/143187/1 "2005-04-04T01:11:17Z")

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everywhere i see a chat application, in php or in asp… there is a auto refresh page which keeps refreshing itself…

I was thinking is it possible in HTTP for the server to initate a request ? so that we dont have so many hits…