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IDS —Intrusion Detection System. IE —Internet Explorer. IEC —International Electrotechnical Commission. IEEE —Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IETF —Internet Engineering Task Force. IFL —Integrated Facility for Linux. IGMP —Internet Group Management Protocol. IGRP —Interior Gateway Routing Protocol.
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels , [ 1 ] but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages [ 2 ] as well as chat and data transfer , [ 3 ] including file sharing .
Homer, from Blue Cow Software, was an IRC client for Apple Macintosh computer systems during the 1990s, [1] [2] written by Tob Smith, and distributed as shareware. [3] System 7 or later of the classic Mac OS was required, as was MacTCP. [4] [5] It featured an icon view of users in a channel, which would animate when the user posted to the channel.
The Direct Client-to-Client Protocol (DCC) has been the primary method of establishing connections directly between IRC clients for a long time now. Once established, DCC connections bypass the IRC network and servers, allowing for all sorts of data to be transferred between clients including files and direct chat sessions. Client.
MSN Messenger. MSN Messenger (also known colloquially simply as MSN[2][3]), later rebranded as Windows Live Messenger, was a cross-platform instant-messaging client developed by Microsoft. [4] It connected to the now-discontinued Microsoft Messenger service and, in later versions, was compatible with Yahoo! Messenger and Facebook Messenger.
A bulletin board system (BBS), also called a computer bulletin board service (CBBS), [1] is a computer server running software that allowed users to connect to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, the user could perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging ...
Ircle was once described as "the most widely used IRC client for Macintosh computers", "stable, full-featured", with "good user support," and "one of the best" Mac IRC clients. The "one downside" to Ircle was "a rather intimidating preferences dialog". One author described it as "the godfather of Mac IRC clients. It has been around the longest ...
Type. Instant messaging. License. Proprietary. Website. icq.com. ICQ was a cross-platform instant messaging (IM) and VoIP client. The name ICQ derives from the English phrase "I Seek You". [1] Originally developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis in 1996, the client was bought by AOL in 1998, and then by Mail.Ru Group (now VK) in 2010.