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[[IRC]] stands for Internet Relay Chat. It is an [[open format|open]] [[protocols|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. | [[IRC]] stands for Internet Relay Chat. It is an [[open format|open]] [[protocols|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. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* Software | * '''Software''' | ||
** Client | ** '''Client''' | ||
*** [http://www.mirc.com/ mIRC] ([[nagware]]) | *** [http://www.mirc.com/ mIRC] ([[nagware]]) | ||
**** [http://mircscripts.org/ mircscripts.org] | **** [http://mircscripts.org/ mircscripts.org] | ||
*** [[X-Chat]] ([[FOSS]]) | *** [[X-Chat]] ([[FOSS]]) | ||
** General Help | *** '''web-based''' | ||
**** [http://cgiirc.blitzed.org/ CGI IRC]: [[Perl]]/[[CGI]]; does not use Java, but requires frames support in the client [[web browser]] | |||
** '''General Help''' | |||
*** [http://www.irchelp.org/ IRC Help] | *** [http://www.irchelp.org/ IRC Help] | ||
** Server (daemon) | ** Server (daemon) | ||
Revision as of 18:15, 21 October 2006
IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. It is 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.
Links
- Software
Reference
- Wikipedia (Internet Relay Chat)
