Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet The Internet is a standardized, global system of interconnected computer networks that connects millions of people. The system uses the Internet Protocol Suite standard rules for data representation, signaling, authentication, and error detection. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private and public, academic, business, and text messaging (chat Online chat can refer to any kind of communication over the Internet, but is primarily meant to refer to direct one-on-one chat or text-based group chat , using tools such as instant messengers, Internet Relay Chat, talkers and possibly MUDs. The expression online chat comes from the word chat which means "informal conversation") or synchronous conferencing Synchronous conferencing is the formal term used in science, in particular in computer-mediated communication, collaboration and learning, to describe online chat technologies. It has arisen at a time when the term chat had a negative connotation. Today it is occasionally also extended to mean audio/video conferencing or instant messaging systems,[1]. It is mainly designed for group communication Many-to-many is a term that describes a communication paradigm. It is the third of three major Internet computing paradigms. The early Internet applications of e-mail, FTP and Telnet are characterized as "one-to-one," because they are primarily communication means from one individual to another in discussion forums, called channels[2], but also allows one-to-one communication One-to-one in communication is the act of an individual communicating with another. In Internet terms, this can be done by e-mail but the most typical one-to-one communication in the Internet is instant messaging as it does not consider many-to-many communication such as a chat room as an essential part of its scope via private message Instant messaging is a form of real-time communication between two or more people based on typed text. The text is conveyed via devices connected over a network such as the Internet[3] as well as chat and data transfers via Direct Client-to-Client Direct Client-to-Client is an IRC-related sub-protocol enabling peers to interconnect using an IRC server for handshaking in order to exchange files or perform non-relayed chats. Once established, a typical DCC session runs independently from the IRC server. Originally designed to be used with ircII it is now supported by many IRC clients[4].
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.[5]
IRC was created by Jarkko Oikarinen Jarkko Oikarinen is the developer of the first Internet chat network, called Internet Relay Chat (IRC), where he is known as WiZ. While working at Finland's University of Oulu in August 1988, he wrote the first IRC server and client programs, which he produced to replace the MUT (MultiUser Talk) program on the Finnish BBS OuluBox. Using the Bitnet in August 1988 to replace a program called MUT (MultiUser Talk) on a BBS A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a computer system running software that allows users to connect and log in to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, a user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging messages with other users, either through electronic mail called OuluBox in Finland Finland /ˈfɪnlənd/ , officially the Republic of Finland ( Finnish: Suomi; Swedish: Finland (help·info)), is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland. The capital city is. Oikarinen found inspiration in a chat system known as Bitnet Relay Bitnet Relay or officially The Interchat Relay Network or simply Relay was a precursor to today's Internet Relay Chat and various online chat systems. It was developed by Jeff Kell , of (University of Tennessee, Chattanooga) in 1985 in REXX, which operated on the BITNET BITNET was a cooperative U.S. university network founded in 1981 by Ira Fuchs at the City University of New York and Greydon Freeman at Yale University. The first network link was between CUNY and Yale.[6]
IRC was used to report on the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt throughout a media blackout.[7] It was previously used in a similar fashion during the Gulf War Iran-Iraq War – Opera – Al-Anfal Campaign – Gulf War – 1991 uprisings – Provide Comfort – Southern Watch – 1993 cruise missile strikes – Kurdish Civil War – Desert Strike – Northern Watch – Desert Fox – Kurdistan Islamist Conflict – Southern Focus – Iraq War.[8] Logs of these and other events are kept in the ibiblio ibiblio is a "collection of collections," and hosts a diverse range of publicly available information and open source software, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies. As an "Internet librarianship," ibiblio is a digital library and archive project. It is run by the School archive.[9]
IRC client software Computer software, or just software is a general term used to describe the role that computer programs, procedures and documentation play in a computer system is available for virtually every computer operating system that supports TCP/IP networking.
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hu, 03 Sep 2009 20:11:29 GM
channel is quite quiet, so if you run Ubuntu on your PS3 or have some experience in it, please don t hesitate to join. You can find an exhaustive list of all the Ubuntu IRC channels on the Ubuntu wiki page . Internet Relay Chat. .
Q. irc chat
Asked by Dondre T - Sun Jul 8 21:58:33 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. either; Double click the users name. It should open a seperate box and you type into that. Type /msg nickname and your message. It won't open a box for you, but it will for the other person. Type /query nickname and your message. It should open a box. Type /notice nickname and your message. It will send a message only you and the other person can see, but not open seperate boxes.
Answered by spuggy - Mon Jul 9 10:04:18 2007
