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Short description
IRC
Long description
Internet Relay Chat, a protocol for text chatting over network, extensively
used on the Internet. It supports chat rooms, so-called channels, as well as
private, one-to-one communication.
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IRC servers are organized in networks, so that a client can connect to a
geographically near IRC server, that itself is connected to other IRC servers
spread over the whole world.
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The official Debian channel is #debian on the freenode network.
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Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat