Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
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Internet Relay Chat, or IRC, is a protocol for chatting over the internet. You access an IRC room through a client by giving it the server and room you want to join.
The Global Voices IRC Server is:
irc.freenode.net
The Room is named
#globalvoices
Contents
IRC Chat in a web page
You can log into any irc room inside your browser without a plugin by logging in at Mibbit.com
ChatZilla the Firefox Extension
If you use Firefox, you can use the chat extension called ChatZilla. Activate Chatzilla and click on the URL [1] to take you directly to the WordPress IRC channel.
IRC Client Applications
- Pidgin (Multiple platforms)
- bitchx (Multiple platforms)
- Irssi (Multiple platforms)
- XChat (Unix/Linux/Windows)
- KSirc (KDE in Linux)
- Konversation (KDE in Linux)
- Kopete (KDE in Linux)
- Colloquy (Mac OS X)
- Conversation (Mac OS X)
- HydraIRC (Windows)
- mIRC (Windows)
- Klient (Windows)
