43-570: [REDACTED] Look up TG , Tg , or tg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. TG or Tg may stand for: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Gaming [ edit ] The Gathering (computer party) , an event in Hamar, Norway Travian Games , a German company Television [ edit ] Telegiornale (disambiguation) ( lit. ' television newscast ' ) Top Gear,
86-502: A British motoring programme Top Gear (1977 TV series) , the original run from 1977 to 2001 Top Gear (2002 TV series) , a revived edition since 2002 Several foreign remakes; see Top Gear (disambiguation) § Television Windows TG, a fictional operating system in Mega64 Other media [ edit ] Throbbing Gristle , an English music and visual arts group formed in 1976 Ferdinand Tönnies Gesamtausgabe ,
129-510: A Chinese spacecraft TransDigm Group , an American manufacturer Triumph Group , an American aftermarket repairer Land [ edit ] FMR Tg500 , a German sports car (made 1958–1961) Tank Grote , an experimental Soviet military tank Toyota Group , a Japanese automotive manufacturer Other uses [ edit ] TG Xers, a team in the Korean Basketball League, now Wonju Dongbu Promy Thanksgiving ,
172-522: A Chomskyan theory of formal grammar People [ edit ] Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet , founder of Gallaudet University Timo Glock , Formula 1 driver for Virgin Racing Places [ edit ] Talbot Gardens , a hockey arena in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada Târgu-Mureş , a Romanian city Tehri Garhwal district , a district in the state of Uttarakhand, India Telangana ,
215-437: A Telegram Premium subscription have a number of "boosts" that they can give to channels, which allow the channel to "level up" and unlock features, such as the ability to customize messages or post stories as the channel. In December 2019, Bloomberg News moved their messenger-based newsletter service from WhatsApp to Telegram after the former banned bulk and automated messaging. Other news services with official channels on
258-523: A blog post that Telegram had reached "about 500 million" monthly active users. In August, TechCrunch reported that India was Telegram's largest market, with a 22% share of total installs coming from the region. Telegram then gained over 70 million new users as a result of an outage which affected Facebook and its affiliates on 5 October 2021. In March 2022, Telegram's usage share in Russia had jumped to 63%, overtaking WhatsApp 's usage share of 32% to become
301-406: A code message sent to one of the active sessions on another device. Users have the option to set a two-step verification password and add a recovery email. In late 2022, options to Sign in with Apple and Sign In with Google or with an email address were added. Whenever a new device successfully logs in to a user's account, a special service notification is sent and a login alert is displayed in
344-476: A cranial nerve Computing [ edit ] See also: § Gaming .tg , the country code top level domain (ccTLD) for Togo Telegram (software) , online messaging service Terragen , a scenery rendering software Tigera Group , a software publisher and holding company formerly known as Fortune Systems TriGem , a South Korean computer company Turbo Gears , a Python web application framework Mathematics [ edit ] Tangent ,
387-698: A holiday celebrated in Northern America Transgender , gender identity other than sex assigned at birth See also [ edit ] T&G (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title TG . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TG&oldid=1248455209 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Pages with broken anchors Short description
430-406: A new chat to hold the messages or adding them to an existing one. As users can be logged into many devices at once, starting to type a message on one of them will create a “cloud draft” that syncs with others, so typing can be started on a phone and finished on a laptop, for example. Any message in any chat can be translated by opening the context menu. Premium users have the option to translate
473-604: A period set by the user, ranging from 1 day to 1 year. Telegram users can create and join groups and channels. Groups are large multi-user chats that support up to 200,000 members and can be public or private. Users can freely join public chats and find them using the in-app search function, while private chats require an invitation. They support flexible admin rights and can use bots for moderation to prevent spam and unwanted activity. Groups can be split into topics, effectively creating subgroups dedicated to various subjects with separate settings for each. Admins can choose to hide
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#1732847788953516-422: A recording of the call, noise suppression and selective muting. In channels, users can start a livestream , that is able to integrate with third-party apps such as OBS Studio and XSplit . Once launched, a group voice chat will remain active and open to all group members until an admin specifically closes it. By default, logging into Telegram requires either an SMS message sent to the registered number or
559-426: A screen with a thread of replies made to that message and the subsequent ones in the thread. Specific users can be tagged in the group by adding @username to a message, where “username” is that particular user's username. Groups and channels also support polls, which can be open or anonymous and can support multiple choices. When forwarded, polls retain the answer data and any votes cast in other chats will count toward
602-550: A state in southern India Thurgau , a canton in Switzerland Togo (ISO 3166-1 country code TG) Torture Garden (fetish club) , London, England Science, technology, and mathematics [ edit ] Biology and medicine [ edit ] Thapsigargin , a tumor promoter Thyroglobulin , a protein Transgenic , the transfer of genes between organisms Triglyceride , an ester in body fat Trigeminal nerve ,
645-403: A trace. Users have the option to delete messages and whole chats for both themself and other participants. Chats can be exported to preserve them via Telegram's Desktop client, although the saved data cannot be imported back into the user's account. Users can however import chat history, including both messages and media, from WhatsApp, Line and KakaoTalk due to data portability , either making
688-502: A trigonometric function Tarski–Grothendieck set theory , an axiomatic set theory Other uses in science and technology [ edit ] Tear gas , a riot control agent Teragram , a unit of mass equal to 10 grams; equivalent to a megatonne Thermogravimetry , a branch of physical chemistry, materials research, and thermal analysis Glass transition temperature (abbreviated T g ) Transport [ edit ] Aerospace [ edit ] Tiangong space station ,
731-407: A user chooses to hide their profile photo, they have an option of setting an alternative "Public Profile Picture" that will be shown instead. In the same menu, users can restrict the circle of people who can call them or invite them to groups and channels, while Premium users also have the option to restrict who can send them voice messages. The Devices submenu shows all of the active devices on
774-409: A user's account and allows them to remotely log out from those devices. Telegram clients have the ability to turn off media autoplay and automatic downloads for both WiFi and mobile data, adjusting them for media type and size. Auto download settings can also be applied based on chat type such as group, channel or private. Cache settings can be changed to automatically clear the cache once it reaches
817-399: A user's contacts being able to see them. Sign-ups can only be done via an Android or iOS device. Upon signing up, messages sent and received by the user are tied to their number and a custom username, not the device. Any Telegram content is synced between the user's logged-in devices automatically through cloud storage, except for device-specific secret chats. By default, any account that
860-436: Is available for Android , iOS , Windows , macOS , Linux , and web browsers . Telegram offers end-to-end encryption in voice and video calls, and in optional private chats, which Telegram calls Secret Chats. Telegram also has social networking features, allowing users to post stories , create large public groups with up to 200,000 members, or share one-way updates to unlimited audiences in so-called channels. Telegram
903-664: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages TG">TG The requested page title contains unsupported characters : ">". Return to Main Page . Telegram (software) Telegram Messenger , commonly known as Telegram , is a cloud-based , cross-platform , social media and instant messaging (IM) service. It was originally launched for iOS on 14 August 2013 and Android on 20 October 2013. It allows users to exchange messages, share media and files, and hold private and group voice or video calls as well as public livestreams . It
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#1732847788953946-650: Is inactive for 6 months is automatically deleted, though the period can be shortened or extended up to 18 months through the Settings menu. Telegram allows groups, bots and channels with a verified social media or Misplaced Pages page to be verified, but not individual user accounts. Messages can contain formatted text, media, files up to 2 GB (4 GB with Premium), locations and audio or video messages recorded in-app. Telegram messages in private chats can be edited up to 48 hours after they were sent with an “edited” icon appearing to reflect changes, as well as deleted for both sides without
989-473: The WebP or WebM format and do not require special software to create or upload. Some stickers feature full-screen effects that play out when first sent or when tapped. Users can schedule messages to send at a particular time or when their conversation partner comes online, as well as choose to send a message “without sound” without a notification. Messages from private chats can be forwarded, with an option to hide
1032-739: The 8XR game engine. Since 2017, Telegram users have been able to initiate one-on-one calls in private chats. Calls are end-to-end encrypted and prioritize peer-to-peer connections. Video calls were introduced in August 2020. According to Telegram, there is a neural network working to learn various technical parameters about a call to provide better quality of service for future uses. Telegram added group voice chats in December 2020 and group video chats in June 2021. Group voice and video chats support picture-in-picture video, as well as sharing one's screen, creating
1075-470: The 950 million monthly active user milestone in summer 2024. To start using Telegram, a user must sign-up with their phone number or an anonymous +888 number purchased from the Fragment blockchain platform. Changing the phone number in the app will automatically reassign the user's account to that number without the need to export data or notify their contacts. Phone numbers are hidden by default with only
1118-636: The Brazilian government from Q1 to Q3 of 2024, and a total of 6,992 legal requests from India, Its largest market, during the same period. users can check how many legal requests from their country have been processed by Telegram using the official transparency bot. In October 2013, Telegram announced that it had 100,000 daily active users. On 24 March 2014, Telegram announced that it had reached 35 million monthly users and 15 million daily active users. In October 2014, South Korean government surveillance plans drove many of its citizens to switch to Telegram from
1161-871: The Korean app KakaoTalk . In December 2014, Telegram announced that it had 50 million active users, generating 1 billion daily messages, and that it had 1 million new users signing up on its service every week, traffic doubled in five months with 2 billion daily messages. In September 2015, Telegram announced that the app had 60 million active users and delivered 12 billion daily messages. In February 2016, Telegram announced that it had 100 million monthly active users, with 350,000 new users signing up every day, delivering 15 billion messages daily. In December 2017, Telegram reached 180 million monthly active users. By March 2018, that number had doubled, with Telegram reaching 200 million monthly active users. On 14 March 2019, Pavel said that "3 million new users signed up for Telegram within
1204-637: The MTProto protocol that is the basis for the messenger, while Pavel provided financial support and infrastructure through his Digital Fortress fund. Telegram Messenger states that its end goal is not to bring profit, but it is not structured as a non-profit organization. Telegram is registered as a company in the British Virgin Islands and as an LLC in Dubai. It does not disclose where it rents offices or which legal entities it uses to rent them, citing
1247-480: The area who have opted into the feature. Chats can be sorted into folders to organize them with preset options like "Unread" and "Muted? or custom separations such as "Work" and "Family". Premium users have the ability to set any chat folder as the default screen in the app while regular users will always see the full chat list when first opening the app. Users have the option to start a one-on-one, end-to-end-encrypted “Secret Chat”, which remains accessible only on
1290-526: The chat list of their other devices. In the Privacy and Security submenu of Settings, users have the option to hide their “Last Seen” status, which reflects the last time the user opened a Telegram app. Hiding the status obfuscates the exact time of the user being online and hides the statuses of other people respectively. Similarly, users can hide their phone number and profile photo from people based on categories such as Non-Contacts or by adding exceptions. When
1333-539: The complete works of German sociologist Tönnies Business [ edit ] See also: § Computing , § Gaming , and § Transport Target group , in marketing Task group , a specialist group formed to solve a problem Theodore Goddard , an English law firm (1902–2003) ThinkGeek , an American online retailer (1999–2021) Language [ edit ] Tajik language , spoken in Central Asia (ISO 639-1: tg ) Transformational grammar ,
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1376-608: The device where it was started and self-destructs upon logging out. Secret Chats restrict screenshotting from Android devices and warn when one is taken from an iOS device, while also hiding the chat contents from the final image. Secret Chats support perfect forward secrecy and switch encryption keys after a key has been used 100 times or a week has passed. Secret Chats are only available on Android, iOS and macOS clients. Both in Secret and regular chats, messages can self-destruct after they are read, disappearing for all parties after
1419-527: The last 24 hours." He did not specify what prompted this flood of new sign-ups, but the period matched a prolonged technical outage experienced by Facebook and its family of apps, including Instagram. According to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, as of October 2019, Telegram had 300 million monthly active users worldwide. On 24 April 2020, Telegram announced that it had reached 400 million monthly active users. On 8 January 2021, Pavel announced in
1462-427: The list of members in a group, as well as post anonymously themselves. Similarly, groups and channels can have content protection enabled, which prevents screenshots, forwarding and downloading of media. Ownership of channels and groups can be transferred to one of the admins if the owner wishes to give up their rights. Groups support threaded replies, where bringing up the context menu on a message allows one to open
1505-533: The most popular instant messaging app in the country. On 19 June 2022, Telegram announced that it had reached 700 million monthly active users. In July 2023, Telegram had more than 800 million monthly active users. Since July 2023, Telegram had been the most popular social media in Russia, with a market share of 46.8% as of December 2023. As of March 2024, Telegram has more than 900 million monthly active users according to Pavel. Pavel announced on his personal Telegram channel (t.me/pavel) that Telegram had hit
1548-656: The need to "shelter the team from unnecessary influence" and protect users from governmental data requests. After Pavel left Russia in 2014, he was said to be moving from country to country with a small group of computer programmers consisting of 15 core members. While a former employee of VK said that Telegram had employees in Saint Petersburg , Pavel said the Telegram team made Berlin , Germany, its headquarters in 2014, but failed to obtain German residence permits for everyone on
1591-604: The number of users. It was the most downloaded app worldwide in January 2021 with 1 billion downloads globally as of late August 2021. Telegram was launched in 2013 by the brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov . Previously, the pair founded the Russian social network VK , which they left in 2014, saying it had been taken over by the government. Pavel sold his remaining stake in VK and left Russia after resisting government pressure. Nikolai created
1634-439: The original sender's identity or to hide captions from media messages. Forwarded messages also maintain reply formatting, able to show which messages in a thread are replying to others. Any user can also send a message to a special “Saved Messages” chat as a form of bookmarking them. The contents of the chat are only visible to the user. Users can opt-in to People Nearby by turning on their phone's GPS location to see other users in
1677-764: The overall total. Channels are one-way feeds where the channel owner or admins can post content while followers can only read, react and comment, if comments have been enabled. Channels can be created for broadcasting messages to an unlimited number of subscribers. The list of those who subscribe to a channel can only be seen by its admins. Posting in the channel is anonymous, though admins can choose to add signatures to their posts. Channels offer detailed statistics on view counts, user growth and interactions, also visible only to admins. Channel owners are able to use Telegram to create giveaways, randomly awarding channel members with prizes such as Telegram Premium subscriptions to their followers, based on certain criteria. Users with
1720-596: The platform include the Financial Times , Business Insider and The New York Times . Channels have also been used by governments and heads of state. Notable examples include Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Emmanuel Macron . Channels have been used by journalists in oppressive regimes to establish independent news networks. Telegram also provides an open API for the creation of custom bots which can perform various tasks, integrate other services into Telegram chats, or work as mini apps or games. Most of them work on
1763-674: The team and moved to other jurisdictions in early 2015. Since 2017, the company has been based in Dubai. Its data centers are spread across a complex corporate structure of shell companies in various jurisdictions to avoid compliance with government subpoenas . The company says this is done "to protect the data that is not covered by end-to-end encryption". Telegram's FAQ page says it does not process any requests related to illegal content in chats and group chats, and that "to this day, we have disclosed 0 bytes of user messages to third parties, including governments". however, according to Pavel, Telegram has disclosed data for 203 legal requests from
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1806-679: The whole chat with one click. Users can hide the translate button for messages written in specific languages. Reactions can be used to respond to a message with emoji, with Premium users having access to more reaction choices and the ability to leave more reactions per message. Reactions are always on in private chats and can be enabled by admins in groups and channels with the ability to allow or exclude specific reactions. Reaction emoji play an animation with special effects when sent. Users can also send stickers, which can be static, animated or video. Sticker packs are made by Telegram designers as well as regular users and can be shared via links. They use
1849-566: Was founded in 2013 by Nikolai and Pavel Durov . Its servers are distributed worldwide with several data centers, while the headquarters is in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . Telegram is the most popular instant messaging application in parts of Europe , Asia , and Africa . As of 2024 , registration to Telegram requires either a smartphone or one of a limited number of NFTs issued in December 2022. As of July 2024, Telegram has more than 950 million monthly active users, with India leading in
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