:IRC: /I-R-C/ [Internet Relay Chat] n. A worldwide "party
line" network that allows one to converse with others in real
time. IRC is structured as a network of Internet servers, each of
which accepts connections from client programs, one per user. The
IRC community and the {USENET} and {MUD} communities overlap
to some extent, including both hackers and regular folks who have
discovered the wonders of computer networks. Some USENET jargon
has been adopted on IRC, as have some conventions such as
{emoticon}s. There is also a vigorous native jargon,
represented in this lexicon by entries marked `[IRC]'. See also
{talk mode}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
line" network that allows one to converse with others in real
time. IRC is structured as a network of Internet servers, each of
which accepts connections from client programs, one per user. The
IRC community and the {USENET} and {MUD} communities overlap
to some extent, including both hackers and regular folks who have
discovered the wonders of computer networks. Some USENET jargon
has been adopted on IRC, as have some conventions such as
{emoticon}s. There is also a vigorous native jargon,
represented in this lexicon by entries marked `[IRC]'. See also
{talk mode}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- IRC /I-R-C/ n.
[Internet Relay Chat] A worldwide "party
line" network that allows one to converse with others in real
time.
IRC is structured as a network of Internet servers, each of which accepts connections from client programs, one per user.... - obot: [IRC, MUD] n. An {IRC} or {MUD} user who is actually
a program.
On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful service.... - alk mode n.
A feature supported by Unix, ITS, and some
other OSes that allows two or more logged-in users to set up a
real-time on-line conversation.
It combines the immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written language entails.... - bot n
[common on IRC, MUD and among gamers; from
`robot'] 1.
An IRC or MUD user who is actually a program. On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful service.... - finn: [IRC] v. To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of
time one has spent on {IRC}.
The term derives from the fact that IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987.... - etlag: [IRC, MUD] n. A condition that occurs when the delays in
the {IRC} network or on a {MUD} become severe enough that
servers briefly lose and then reestablish contac
causing messages to be delivered in bursts, often with delays of up to a minute.... - initgame /in-it'gaym/ n.
[IRC] An IRC version of
the trivia game "Botticelli
in which one user changes his nick to the initials of a famous person or other named entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions, with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next.... - channel: [IRC] n. The basic unit of discussion on {IRC}.
Once one joins a channel, everything one types is read by others on that channel.... - channel hopping: [IRC, GEnie] n. To rapidly switch channels on
{IRC}, or a GEnie chat board, just as a social butterfly might hop
from one group to another at a party.
This term may derive from the TV watcher's idiom, `channel surfing'....
