IRC

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communication protocol text-based chat protocol

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a long-standing, text-based communication protocol that enables real-time group and private messaging over the internet via channels and servers.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Internet Relay Chat 11
IRC canonical 10
IRC protocol 3

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communication protocol ⓘ
text-based chat protocol ⓘ
abbreviation IRC ⓘ
createdBy Jarkko Oikarinen ⓘ
designedFor real-time communication ⓘ
developedIn Finland ⓘ
enables chat over the Internet ⓘ
fullName IRC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Internet Relay Chat
hasEncoding later UTF-8 support ⓘ
originally ASCII ⓘ
hasMessageFormat line-based protocol ⓘ
hasNotableNetwork IRC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DALnet

EFnet ⓘ
IRC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Freenode

Libera Chat ⓘ
Undernet ⓘ
influenced group chat applications ⓘ
modern instant messaging systems ⓘ
inspiredBy Bitnet Relay ⓘ
introduced 1988 ⓘ
originallyDevelopedAt University of Oulu ⓘ
popularIn 1990s ⓘ
early 2000s ⓘ
standardizedIn RFC 1459 ⓘ
RFC 2810 ⓘ
RFC 2811 ⓘ
RFC 2812 ⓘ
RFC 2811 ⓘ
surface form: RFC 2813
supports CTCP ⓘ
DCC ⓘ
TLS encryption ⓘ
away status ⓘ
bans ⓘ
channel modes ⓘ
channels ⓘ
group messaging ⓘ
invite-only channels ⓘ
multi-user chat ⓘ
nicknames ⓘ
one-to-one messaging ⓘ
operator privileges ⓘ
private channels ⓘ
private messaging ⓘ
server-to-server links ⓘ
topic setting ⓘ
user modes ⓘ
usedFor online communities ⓘ
open source project coordination ⓘ
technical support ⓘ
uses IRC clients ⓘ
IRC servers ⓘ
Transmission Control Protocol ⓘ
surface form: TCP

client–server model ⓘ
port 6667 by default ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

STARTTLS → usedInProtocol → IRC ⓘ
Alpine Linux → communityChannel → IRC ⓘ
IRC → fullName → IRC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Relay Chat
IRC → hasNotableNetwork → IRC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DALnet
IRC → hasNotableNetwork → IRC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freenode
Hydra → supportsProtocol → IRC ⓘ
RFC 2812 → protocol → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Relay Chat
RFC 2812 → abbreviation → IRC ⓘ
RFC 2812 → topic → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Relay Chat
SASL → usedIn → IRC ⓘ
CTCP → extends → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IRC protocol
CTCP → usedIn → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Relay Chat
CTCP → relatedTo → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IRC protocol
DCC → usedIn → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Relay Chat
DCC → usedIn → IRC ⓘ
Jarkko Oikarinen → knownFor → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Relay Chat
Jarkko Oikarinen → knownFor → IRC ⓘ
Jarkko Oikarinen → notableWork → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Relay Chat
Jarkko Oikarinen → developed → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Relay Chat
Jarkko Oikarinen → developed → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IRC protocol
Bitnet Relay → inspired → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Relay Chat
RFC 1459 → title → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Relay Chat Protocol
RFC 1459 → defines → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IRC message formats
RFC 1459 → specifies → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IRC numeric replies
RFC 2810 → updatesProtocol → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Relay Chat
RFC 2811 → title → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Relay Chat: Channel Management
RFC 2811 → category → IRC ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Relay Chat
EFnet → operatesOnProtocol → IRC ⓘ
Undernet → protocolUsed → IRC ⓘ
Libera Chat → protocol → IRC ⓘ