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Most (not all) of the IRCnet servers were in Europe, while most of the EFnet servers were in the US. This event is also known as "The Great Split" in many IRC societies. EFnet has since (as of August 1998) grown and passed the number of users it had then. In the (northern) autumn of the year 2000, EFnet had some 50,000 users and IRCnet 70,000. [7]
IRCnet's channel operators are generally free to run their channels however they see fit without the intervention of IRC operators. IRCops are primarily there to handle network and server-related issues, and rarely get involved with channel-level issues. [10] To fight nickname collisions when splits occur on re-link IRCnet will use unique IDs.
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 ("/").
Today, EFnet and IRCnet are the last large IRC networks which stick to their policy of living without identity protection. [ citation needed ] Some debate still remains over the value and benefits of Services on IRC, although they are generally considered essential to providing a pleasant chatting experience.
First public release First stable release Latest stable release Client Date Version Date Version AmIRC: 1995 Bersirc: 1999 2.2.14 (12 August 2005; 19 years ago (: BitchX
An IRC operator (often abbreviated as IRCop or oper) is a user on an Internet Relay Chat network who has privileged access. IRC operators are charged with the task of enforcing the network's rules, and in many cases, improving the network in various areas.
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IRC has much in common with a regular in-person conversation. It is real-time many-on-many communication that is not logged by the server for posterity (many IRC clients do offer a logging feature, but the logs aren't generally publicly available then).