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[[Computing]]: [[Protocols]]: [[IRC]]
[[Computing]]: [[Protocols]]: [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]]


[[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.
[[Internet Relay Chat]] (or IRC) 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'''
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*** [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]])
*** [[XChat]] ([[FOSS]])
*** '''web-based'''
*** '''web-based'''
**** [http://cgiirc.blitzed.org/ CGI IRC]: [[Perl]]/[[CGI]]; does not use Java, but requires frames support in the client [[web browser]]
**** [http://cgiirc.blitzed.org/ CGI IRC]: [[Perl]]/[[CGI]]; does not use Java, but requires frames support in the client [[web browser]]

Revision as of 21:23, 7 November 2006

Computing: Protocols: IRC

Internet Relay Chat (or IRC) 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.

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