| Developed in August 1988, by
Jarkko
Oikarinen, IRC is short for Internet Relay Chat and is a
popular chat service still in use today that enables users to connect to an IRC server using a software program or web service and communicate with each other live. For
example, the Computer Hope chat room uses an IRC server to allow its users to talk and ask computer questions live. In
order to connect and chat with other IRC users you must either have
an IRC client or a web interface that connects you to IRC servers. There are numerous software IRC clients that enable users to
connect and communicate to other IRC servers. You can find such IRC
clients in our recommended
download section, we suggest the HydraIRC program.
Below is a listing of some of the IRC
commands that can be used while connected to an IRC server. Although
most of these commands will work with most IRC clients and IRC
servers some may encounter errors or generate other errors
| Command |
Explanation |
| /away (message) |
Leaves a message explaining to others why
you are gone. |
| /clear |
Clears the text from the current window that you are in. |
| /clearall |
Clears all the text from all open windows on your screen. |
| /dcc chat (user name) |
Opens a chat window with the username that you
specify. |
| /help |
Brings up a list of all the commands or the help window. |
| /ignore (on/off) (username) |
Allows you to ignore / not ignore a user. |
| /ignore
(+/-) (username) |
An
alternative to ignoring or not ignoring a user. |
| /join (#channel) |
Joins a particular chat group, and open's the chat in a
new windows. |
| /me (action text) |
Allows you to do different actions showing the text in a
different color. |
| /msg (user name) (message) |
Sends a message to the user of your choice
without anyone else seeing it. |
| /nick (user name) |
Changes your name / user name. |
| /part (channel) |
Leaves the specified channel. |
| /ping (user name) |
Pings the specified user and telling you how far they
are in seconds, so if it returns 10 seconds, it would take 10 seconds for that user to see
your message. |
| /ping (channel) |
Pings all the users in a specified channel. |
| /query (user name) (message) |
Opens a new chat window to this user and then
sends a private message. |
| /whois (user name) |
Shows information about the specified user. |
| /whowas (user name) |
Shows information about a specified user that was in
earlier. |
If you're on an IRC server that you participate on a lot and wish
to register your nick so you're the
only user who can use it you would use the nickserv command. See our
nickserv dictionary definition for
additional information about this command.
Finally, if you're running your own IRC channel and wish to
register the channel so you can always have control of it use the
chanserv command. See our chanserv
dictionary definition for additional information about this
command.
Also see: Ban, Channel,
Chanfix,
Chanserv,
Chat, Chat definitions,
CTCP, DCC, G-Lined
Ircle,
K-Line, Kicked,
Luser,
mIRCScript,
MUT,
Notice,
Op, Privmsg, Trillian,
WALLOPS, X
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