| Subject | English | Norwegian Bokmål |
| comp., MS | incoming instant message alert | varsel om innkommende direktemelding (A notification that the user receives when someone sends an instant message to that user) |
| comp., MS | instant message conversation | direktemeldingssamtale (A real-time communication over the Internet in which a sender types a message to one or more recipients and the recipient(s) immediately receives the message in a pop-up window) |
| comp., MS | instant message session | direktemeldingsøkt (A real-time communication over the Internet in which a sender types a message to one or more recipients and the recipient(s) immediately receives the message in a pop-up window) |
| comp., MS | Reestablish Instant Message Connection | Gjenopprett direktemeldingstilkobling (An item on the right-click menu for a participant in a conversation that reconnects the IM client and IM server after disconnection) |
| comp., MS | Reestablish Instant Message Conversation… | Gjenopprett direktemeldingssamtale... (The item on the right-click menu for a participant in a conversation that reconnects the selected participant to the current conversation after disconnection) |