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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>IRC</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../I.html" title="I"/><link rel="previous" href="intro.html" title="intro"/><link rel="next" href="iron.html" title="iron"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">IRC</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="intro.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">I</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="iron.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="IRC"/><dt xmlns="" id="IRC"><b>IRC</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/I<>R<EFBFBD>C/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Internet Relay Chat] A worldwide “<span class="quote">party line</span>” network
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that allows one to converse with others in real time. IRC is structured as
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a network of Internet servers, each of which accepts connections from
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client programs, one per user. The IRC community and the
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<a href="../U/Usenet.html"><i class="glossterm">Usenet</i></a> and <a href="../M/MUD.html"><i class="glossterm">MUD</i></a> communities
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overlap to some extent, including both hackers and regular folks who have
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discovered the wonders of computer networks. Some Usenet jargon has been
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adopted on IRC, as have some conventions such as
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<a href="../E/emoticon.html"><i class="glossterm">emoticon</i></a>s. There is also a vigorous native jargon,
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represented in this lexicon by entries marked ‘[IRC]’. See
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also <a href="../T/talk-mode.html"><i class="glossterm">talk mode</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="intro.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../I.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="iron.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">intro<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>iron</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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