IRC

IRC is quite often a free-for-all, where unique nicknames are allocated to the first people to ask for them. If you are lucky enough to get the nickname you want, this chapter will show you how to protect this valuable asset and ensure that y...

Internet Relay Chat was originally implemented so that users of bulletin board systems could chat with one another in real time. It has grown considerably since then, and thousands of networks of servers are now available for public use. The ...

Anyone who uses IRC will come across abbreviations and certain jargon that will stump them initially. Do not look like a fool by asking unless you absolutely must! 2.3.1 Noun-Verb Duality One peculiarity you may notice is that IRC ...

Understanding the acronyms they use will make it easier to fit in, but you are advised not to join in with their acronym overload. Here is a list of the most commonly used abbreviations and acronyms on IRC. Some of them may already be fami...

It may have happened to you already—someone trying to impersonate you or just "stealing" your nickname for the fun of it. NickServ will solve this problem for you. Impersonating someone on IRC is quite easy. When logging in, you can ...

If you were the first person to join the channel, then it is likely that the IRC server will have made you into a channel operator. Other users are free to wander into your channel, but you have ultimate control over what goes on. Having oper...

QuakeNet provides some service bots for you to use so that you can maintain a channel on their servers. The two channel management bots are called Q and L. The Q service provides a few more features than the lighter L bot, but requires a litt...

Many IRC users are familiar with Services. NickServ and ChanServ keep order on IRC and make problems like "nick juping" (someone preventing your reconnecting by using your nickname) and "channel takeover" a rare event on many IRC networks...