IRC
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a chat protocol initially developed as a means of communication back in the days of BBS (Bulletin Board System).Clients connect to a specified server which is part of a collection of servers known as an IRC network. If a client is to send a message to a user on a different server within the same IRC network, the message is relayed between the servers and then to the other client.IRC is a text only means of communication, non-text communications or files are sent via
IRC's file transfer protocol, known as
DCC.Unlike other chat protocols, IRC does not require you to have an account that you sign in with, but most IRC networks offer you the ability to reserve your nickname.Common IRC clients include X-Chat, mIRC,
Irssi and
BitchX.
IRC
by dIRe_ on Aug 01, 2003 06:29:27
Example:
IRC
by Numb3rs lol on Nov 15, 2009 00:20:25
Internet
Relay Chat; It's how hackers talk when they don't want to be
overheard. It's a pretty primitive chat program. Think of it like shipping channels in the ocean: you can't see them until a boat cuts through the water leaving a wake. If two boats
meet in the middle of the ocean to swap a load of illegal drugs, you have to catch them in realtime. Otherwise there's no record of the meeting left behind.
Example:
***
connecting to port_6667 of #channel irc
***
loading .ircr version
2.9.5+Cr17f+F08
***users on #channel: @the_fist, @00zemeister
> the_fist G07 4 5urpr153 4 U
IRC
by puadxe on Jan 13, 2007 00:50:39
Internet Relay Chat
-designed to make chatting as discouraging as possible for the
casual user. Its windows95 style interface and text-only format on black or white backgrounds make it feel lifeless and dull. When one first opens IRC, one can only stare into
the blank black screen; there is no welcome window and no cute little sound to tell you your friends are on. All this, designed with the intention
of keeping out: da n00bzours.
Example:
Lonely men and women sit in silence before their computers at night, staring maniacally as pages of text
scrolls before their eyes. The phrases and gestures, pleading and begging for attention, only hint at life, but this is almost forgotten as you
bark off a laugh after a good exchange. But as the jokes and laughter
subside you realize you are sitting alone in your underwear at 3am, laughing in the dark. This is the state of being that is; IRC.
IRC
by SCANK on May 09, 2005 08:18:01
Short for Internet
Relay Chat. Is a great and more
advanced way of talking to people.
Example:
Although I mostly use AIM, because everyone has it, IRC is for the more
advanced user, you hardly ever see any
n00bs on any
channels.
IRC
by mikeshoup on Nov 19, 2004 01:30:41
IRC is a
colossal time waster. Its a place to go chat instead of having a social life. I've replaced studying for
exams with IRC
IRC
by jmm on Jun 30, 2003 11:45:05
1) Where you go to talk with other sophisticated beings like yourself for free on your own
personal computer.
2) The place where dreams will become a reality and your life will be forever enjoyable.
3) A
colossal time waster.
Example:
Joe
Luser was looking for other
arrogant assholes to talk with so he started up
mIRC.
IRC
by Jesse on Mar 20, 2005 06:01:00
IRC, or internet
relay chat. Connects aliented intellectuals via a scrolling text based medium, where they
lurk in silence.
IRC
by Just Him on Aug 18, 2006 02:41:32
Internet
Relay Chat. IRC is a chat
protocol that can have many people talking in one channel (though messaging another person is normally supported).
IRC is not that hard to set up. You can download a client (or use Java, whatever suits you), then connect to a server, register your name, join a channel, and things go on from there.
Oh, IRC has plenty of noobs. And most of the discussion in IRC is normally just really stupid stuff (
see below).
Example:
H0tch1k203 has joined #randomchannelol
whoa a gurl! hotchik wanna cyber?
eww on irc? dats gros
H0tch1k203 has left #randomchannelol
lol i am teh l33t
penis!lol
<urmom> lol penis!1
IRC
by Jon Davis on Jan 14, 2004 16:26:19
Example:
1. I was chatting on IRC last night and this guy sent me a whole bunch of porn.
2. The IRC is a
mish-mash of all kinds of
drivel that supposedly imposes an
income tax.