
MIRC is used as the example in this document, because it is probably the most widely used IRC program.

Open the program from the location it was installed to. Each server knows who is on the network, which chat rooms (called "channels" on IRC) the users are in, and which servers the users are using as well.ĭownload and install the mIRC program on your computer. All servers on a network share and have access to the same information. Since all the servers are connected to each other, you are connected to all the other users even though they may not be connected to the same server as you.

When you log onto an IRC network, you are connecting to one of the servers on that network. YouĬonnect to the Internet as usual through your Internet Service Provider,Īn IRC Network is a collection of servers linked together. The server you connect to when you connect to the Internet. In order to use IRC, you have to connect to an IRC Server in an IRC Network.

Undernet is one of the many IRC networks available, although we know the Undernet experience to be the best. With IRC, however, anyone can chat in real-time with anyone else, or even in rooms (called channels) filled with many people at once, as long as they are logged on to the same network. In its most humble beginnings, it was designed as an improvement to the UNIX operating system's "talk" program, which was limited to only two users at a time. Connecting using our web browser chat client.

Textual takes customization to the next level with styles created using well documented, open standards in addition to addons built using a multitude of programming languages such as AppleScript, Objective-C, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, Shell, and Swift.Originally written by Godess Revised and updated by Keystroke 1st Revision: Septem2nd Revision: January 1st, 2004
