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Internet Relay Chat, or IRC, turns 30

article published on 22 August, 2018

Internet Relay Chat, better known by its acronym IRC, is celebrating a birthday. In fact this year the chat protocol is turning 30, University of Oulu, the birthplace of IRC, reports. IRC was developed in University of Oulu in Finland in the late 80s. The messaging platform was created in the Computer Science department as a replacement for their BBS-based messaging platform called MultiUser ... [ read the full article ]

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22. August 2018 @ 13:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Just a little older than me so.
Happy birthday IRC!

There was an unofficial Afterdawn IRC channel long ago!

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23. August 2018 @ 08:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Don't used this program much anymore but IRC was a huge part of my first 10 years on the internet ('95-'05).

Happy Birthday!!!

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