Internet Relay Chat, or IRC, is a means of communicating in real-time via the internet. Users must run an IRC client, log in to a server, and choose a channel. Multiple users may converse in one channel. Users may also send commands to the server by prefacing the line with "/".
IRC Development and Advanced Use
- Internet Relay Chat Protocol
- Living Internet: Advanced IRC Use, Expert IRC Use
- IRC.org: Technical Documents
- Wikipedia: