Internet Relay Chat

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computing: formats: protocols: IRC

Overview

Internet Relay Chat (or IRC) refers to any of the following:

• an open protocol which allows multiple computer users to exchange text messages in realtime in a "chat room" environment, i.e. where all users "in the room" can see all messages sent to the room
• the use of the IRC protocol to communicate with other computer users

Links

• Software
  • Client
    • mIRC (nagware)
      • mircscripts.org
    • XChat (FOSS)
    • web-based
      • CGI IRC: Perl/CGI; does not use Java, but does use frames
  • General Help
    • IRC Help
    • Getting help on IRC: IRC netiquette
  • Server (daemon)
    • Ultimate IRCd
    • Unreal IRCd

Reference

• Wikipedia