thumb|upright|The first IRC server, tolsun.oulu.fi, a Sun-3 server on display near the [[University of Oulu computer centre]]
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Key facts
- Networking protocol.title
- Internet Relay Chat
- Networking protocol.abbreviation
- IRC
- Networking protocol.purpose
- Instant messaging
- Networking protocol.developer
- Jarkko Oikarinen
- Networking protocol.influenced
- IRCv3 (standards process working group)
- Networking protocol.osilayer
- Application layer
- Networking protocol.ports
- 6667, 6697
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Article
30 sectionsContents
- EFnet
- Undernet fork
- DALnet fork
- IRCnet fork
- Modern IRC
- Timeline
- Technical information
- Commands and replies
- Channels
- Modes
- Standard (RFC 1459) modes
- Channel operators
- Operators
- Hostmasks
- URI scheme
- Challenges
- Attacks
- Abuse prevention
- Clients
- Client software
- Bots
- Bouncer
- Search engines
- Character encoding
- File sharing
- See also
- Citations
- General bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright|The first IRC server, tolsun.oulu.fi, a Sun-3 server on display near the [[University of Oulu computer centre]]
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages as well as chat and data transfer, including file sharing.