Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet text messaging (chat) or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication via private message as well as chat and data transfers via Direct Client-to-Client.

As of May 2009, the top 100 IRC networks served more than half a million users at a time, with hundreds of thousands of channels (the vast majority of which stand mostly vacant), operating on a total of roughly 1,500 servers worldwide.

IRC was created by Jarkko Oikarinen in August 1988 to replace a program called MUT (MultiUser Talk) on a BBS called OuluBox in Finland. Oikarinen found inspiration in a chat system known as Bitnet Relay, which operated on the BITNET.

IRC was used to report on the Soviet coup attempt of 1991 throughout a media blackout. It was previously used in a similar fashion during the Persian Gulf War. Logs of these and other events are kept in the ibiblio archive.

IRC client software is available for virtually every computer operating system that supports TCP/IP networking.

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Mon Jul 6 20:45:37 2009

what online group allows users to create private channels?
Q. a. search and chat b. internet relay chat c. bulletin board d. chatroom
Asked by rochester - Wed Aug 22 13:57:14 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. you can do private messaging in chatrooms or you can start as a private message and once added to your yahoo messenger list create a conference or you can just start your own chat room as well.
Answered by short_mommy_20 - Wed Aug 22 14:05:17 2007

Messengers?
Q. I want to install some new messengers on my computer. i know for ICQ, MSN, and SKYPE. Can somebody tell me which is the better and tell me which one is very popular. I want some that is popular and that many people have it. -AOL Messenger -Yahoo! Messenger -Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Please help someone
Asked by Navia B - Sun Mar 23 08:40:39 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. well i think everyone has their own opinion . But if i had to pick , i would pick yahoo or msn , personally i use msn , a lot of people have msn and yahoo . The good thing about both of these messengers is that if someone has yahoo you could still add them on msn , so it's really just a matter of opinion and who prefers what . i would go personally for msn.
Answered by Yeah ! - Sun Mar 23 08:53:42 2008

protocol??? easy 10 points.....?
Q. what kind of small company can i make with these protocols..? its for home work and its due in 20 mins help please!!! 1.(194) Internet Relay Chat(IRC)- it enables people connected anywhere on the Internet to join in live discussions 2.(20)File Transfer Protocol (FTP) -a network protocol used to transfer data from one computer to another through a network such as the Internet. 3.(546)DHCP client- The client will obtain its IP address automatically from the IP address pool that the server gives out. 4.(547)DHCP Server- the server will pick a new IP address for the client whenever it needs too from its IP address pool. 5.(143)Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP4)-stores email even though it has been accessed and deletes the email… [cont.]
Asked by click clak - Fri Feb 13 12:53:29 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. A small webhosting company.
Answered by texasogre - Fri Feb 13 13:07:08 2009

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