INTRODUCTION
INTERNET RELAY CHAT(IRC) IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND MOST INTERACTIVE SERVICES ON THE INTERNET. SURELY, THE WEB IS EXCELLENT FOR FINDING INFORMATION AND EMAIL EASILY AND CONFIDENTLY BEATS SNAIL-MAIL HANDS DOWNS, BUT HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED "WHERE THE OTHERS ARE"? THEN IRC IS WHAT'S YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, AND MUST LOOK FOR.
IRC IS THE NET'S EQUIVALENT OF CB RADIO. BUT UNLIKE CB, INTERNET RELAY CHAT LETS PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD PARTICIPATE IN REAL-TIME CONVERSATIONS. IRC IS WHERE THE NET COMES ALIVE!
BY USING AN IRC CLIENT(PROGRAM), YOU CAN EXCHANGE TEXT MESSAGES INTERACTIVELY WITH OTHER PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. WHAT PROGRAM YOU USE DOESN'T REALLY MATTER; ALL OF THEM CONNECT TO THE SAME CHAT NETWORKS. WHEN LOGGED INTO A CHAT SESSION, YOU "CONVERSE" BY TYPING MESSAGES THAT ARE INSTANTLY SENT TO OTHER CHAT PARTICIPANTS.
MEETING PEOPLE IN IRC IS GREAT FUN AND IT IS SURE THAT YOU'LL MEET LOTS OF INTERESTING PEOPLE AND FIND GREAT SPOTS TO HANG OUT!
HOW TO USE IRC
AS IN LIFE AND CB RADIO, NOT ALL THOSE CHATTERS HAVE SOMETHING INTERESTING TO SAY, BUT SO ME DO, AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE DEVELOPED EVERLASTING FRIENDSHIPS THROUGH IRC. EVEN MARRIAGES HAVE RESULTED FROM RELATIONSHIPS FIRST FORGED ON IRC. IN FACT, SOME PEOPLE HAVE BECOME SO ADDICTED TO CHATTING ON THE INTERNET THAT THERE'S A USENET NEWSGROUP ENTITLED alt.irc.recovery.
THE VALUE OF IRC DEPENDS ON HOW YOU USE IT. IRC CAN KEEP YOU COMPANY WHEN YOU CAN'T SLEEP, CONTRIBUTE TO FAMILY TOGETHERNESS AND CUT YOUR PHONE BILLS. JUST CREATE YOUR OWN CHANNEL AND TOPIC AND YOU HAVE THE SAY IN THE CHANNEL.
AS YOU SEE, INTERNET RELAY CHAT IS A GREAT WAY TO TALK TO PEOPLE FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD ABOUT ANYTHING AT ALL. ON TOP OF THE LATEST WORLD NEWS THERE ARE MANY HELP RELATED AND TECHINAL SUPPORT CHANNELS WHERE YOU CAN GET IMMEDIATE ASSISTACE WITH PERPLEXING COMPUTER RELATED PROBLEMS ON THE SPOT AND IN EASY TO READ TYPEWRITTEN TEXT!
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