:robot: [IRC, MUD] n. An {IRC} or {MUD} user who is actually
a program. On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful
service. Examples are NickServ, which tries to prevent random
users from adopting {nick}s already claimed by others, and
MsgServ, which allows one to send asynchronous messages to be
delivered when the recipient signs on. Also common are
`annoybots', such as KissServ, which perform no useful function
except to send cute messages to other people. Service robots are
less common on MUDs; but some others, such as the `Julia' robot
active in 1990--91, have been remarkably impressive Turing-test
experiments, able to pass as human for as long as ten or fifteen
minutes of conversation.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
a program. On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful
service. Examples are NickServ, which tries to prevent random
users from adopting {nick}s already claimed by others, and
MsgServ, which allows one to send asynchronous messages to be
delivered when the recipient signs on. Also common are
`annoybots', such as KissServ, which perform no useful function
except to send cute messages to other people. Service robots are
less common on MUDs; but some others, such as the `Julia' robot
active in 1990--91, have been remarkably impressive Turing-test
experiments, able to pass as human for as long as ten or fifteen
minutes of conversation.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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[common on IRC, MUD and among gamers; from
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then take its place by adopting its {nick} so that it cannot
reconnect.
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line" network that allows one to converse with others in real
time.
IRC is structured as a network of Internet servers... - 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... - jupiter vt.
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and then take its place by adopting its nick so that it cannot
reconnect.
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[IRC, MUD] 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 contact,
causing messages to be delivered in bursts, often with... - initgame: /in-it'gaym/ [IRC] n. An {IRC} version of the
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in which one user changes his {nick} to the initials...
