IRC (not to be confused with IBC) or Internet Relay Chat is a text-based chat medium. In short, it is the predecessor to instant messaging clients most people use today. Although somewhat antiquated, it is still in use and is a great alternative to proprietary and closed-off proprietary chat media. In the good ol' days it was used for almost all group conversations online until it's power was usurped by AOL Instant Messenger and SMS Text Messaging. Now it is mostly used by elite hackers and losers who wear fedoras to feel cool.

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Simple Instructions Edit

click here to chat online via mibbit or if you already have an IRC client you can click here to connect

Advanced Instructions Edit

Obtain an IRC client Edit

If you do not yet have an IRC client, you need to obtain one:

Both mIRC and XChat are popular.

ChatZilla - an easy-to-use IRC client add-on for Firefox

Opera - an easy to use web browser with built in IRC client

You can also connect to IRC by an online client such as Mibbit

If you're 31337 you may choose IRSSI or WeeChat or something even more 31337

The IRC article on Wikipedia for details on the software available.

Connecting Edit