Is Jabber the same thing as XMPP?

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Published on 2010-05-17T17:03:26Z Indexed on 2010/05/17 17:11 UTC
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I find conflcting information on this subject. Are they the same thing? I've read that Jabber is "based" on XMPP.

For example: The chat client "Pidgin" has a box for XMPP but seemingly not for Jabber. Yet, it seems to support it.

What's the difference between XMPP and Jabber?

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