Working with Instant Messengers and Internet
Relay Chat
Real-time electronic communication takes two basic forms: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is
like live Usenet, where you go to a group (called a channel) and discuss a topic identified
by that channel. Anyone can establish a channel, invite users to participate, set ground
rules, and kick users out if they break the rules. Everyone on IRC has a ???handle??? used to
identify them in the chat. Things are relatively anonymous.
Instant Messaging (IM) is a one-on-one process where users can chat with each other
without having to visit an IRC channel. Popularized by America Online??™s Instant
Messenger, several networks have since risen to facilitate instant messaging across the Net.
openSUSE users can choose from several clients to handle their real-time communication
needs, both IRC and IM.
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Like email, the IRC protocol is fundamentally about text. The first IRC clients were based
on the command line, and many of these are still in use. But just as plain-text email
morphed into HTML-based mail with file attachments and GUI clients, so has IRC.
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