Internet Relay Chat

Computing: Protocols: IRC

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
  • Client
    • mIRC (nagware)
      • mircscripts.org
    • X-Chat (FOSS)
    • web-based
      • CGI IRC: Perl/CGI; does not use Java, but requires frames support in the client web browser
  • General Help
    • IRC Help
  • Server (daemon)
    • Ultimate IRCd
    • Unreal IRCd

Reference

• Wikipedia (Internet Relay Chat)