"Skype" is the program for communication on the Internet. With its help the users can exchange instant text messages, make calls, including to video a format, is not dependent on in what country of the world there are interlocutors. For communication in "Skype" it is necessary to meet simple conditions for the modern person.
To start work with "Skype" it is necessary that your computer was connected to the Internet. If connection is established, visit the official site of the developer of the www.skype.com application, download the program and follow the instruction on its installations on the computer. As a result you will have the account in the Skype system with the login and the password by means of which you will carry out a login to the program. You can organize text or audio-communication through network only with those subscribers who also have access to the Skype program and are in an active mode (online) at the time of communication. Exchange of text instant messages does not require special engineering devices (except the screen of the computer and the keyboard). Calls and a talk with other subscribers of "Skype" on network require the special headset (earphones with the microphone) if your desktop computer or laptop is not supplied with the built-in audiodevices. The webcam is necessary for commission of video calls (when subscribers of "Skype" not only hear, but also see each other on screens of the computers). It is already present at some models of the computer, but if is not present, it should be got and installed separately. Above-mentioned ways of communication are carried out by users free of charge. However "Skype" gives an opportunity to any user to make paid calls on stationary and mobile phones worldwide. For activation of this function it is necessary to deposit money to your personal account in the Skype system by means of payment by the plastic card, by means of one of payment service providers (Yandex.Money, PayPal, WebMoney) or in a different way, offered on the official site of the program. The cost of calls is determined by a data plan of "Skype". Modern mobile phones (smartphones, communicators) allow to install the Skype program in mobile version. It gives the chance to the owner of phone connected to the Internet to use functions of "Skype", without resorting to the help of the personal computer.