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IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels , [ 1 ] but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages [ 2 ] as well as chat and data transfer , [ 3 ] including file sharing .
This is a list of all Internet Relay Chat commands from RFC 1459, RFC 2812, and extensions added to major IRC daemons. Most IRC clients require commands to be preceded by a slash (" / "). Some commands are actually sent to IRC bots ; these are treated by the IRC protocol as ordinary messages, not as / -commands.
"Chat room" is a name for an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel. IRC chat takes place on a network of servers ; the network that hosts the Wikimedia channels is known as Libera Chat. To participate in the chat, you need a type of program or plug-in called an IRC client .
MSN Chat introduces profile icons, Profile icons indicated if the member had a profile, gender (if known), and if the user had a picture; IRC8: As MSN Chat had now become a Subscription Only (Premium) service, This introduced extra user and channel modes. The channel mode 'S' was added to indicated that only subscribers could talk.
It is assumed that basics such as accessing Libera Chat itself, registering an account on IRC, logging in (via IDENTIFY), joining channels, messaging other users, and so on, are understood. Note that other than flag and mode letters, all commands are case-insensitive.
If the Libera.Chat network exists in the network list, then click on Edit and skip ahead to step 5; If it does not yet exist in the list, click Add and type Libera.Chat, then hit enter and click on Edit; Replace the string newserver/6667 with irc.libera.chat/6667; In the "User name" field, enter your nickname.
Online chat in a less stringent definition may be primarily any direct text-based or video-based , one-on-one chat or one-to-many group chat (formally also known as synchronous conferencing), using tools such as instant messengers, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), talkers and possibly MUDs or other online games.
Mibbit was a web-based client for web browsers [2] that supports Internet Relay Chat (IRC), [3] Yahoo! Messenger , [ 4 ] and Twitter . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is developed by Jimmy Moore [ 7 ] and is designed around the Ajax model [ 8 ] with a user interface written in JavaScript . [ 2 ]