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IRC stands for "Internet Relay Chat". It's a protocol for real-time chat sessions. (Read more [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irc about IRC on Wikipedia].) It was invented before the World Wide Web, so it was adopted by early open source contributors and Web developers, and it has been used by those communities ever since. Like email, no single company controls IRC. IRC servers are offered by many individuals and organizations. Users log in to a particular server to chat with other users on that server, using a client program designed for IRC; just as there are many programs for reading email, there are many different IRC client programs. Chat discussions take place in "channels," which have names starting with a '#' symbol. | |||
== Mozilla's IRC server after March 2020 == | == Mozilla's IRC server after March 2020 == | ||
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This page is being retained for historical and reference purposes only. | This page is being retained for historical and reference purposes only. | ||
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==Getting Started == | ==Getting Started == | ||
Mozilla runs an IRC server to host channels for discussion of topics related to the Mozilla project. | Mozilla runs an IRC server to host channels for discussion of topics related to the Mozilla project. | ||