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A brief introduction of the internet
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INTERNET TALK Today, the internet has played a huge part in revolutionized our lives and along with it, comes IRC. What is IRC? IRC (Internet relay chat) is multi-user chat system or program that enables multiple users to chat with one another on their personal computers via a huge network of servers around the world in a real time mode. IRC provides an alternative way of communication as opposed to chatting on the phone. "Internet Relay Chat was originally written by Jarkko Oikarinen in the year 1988. Since its birth in Finland, IRC is in use in over sixty countries worldwide" (1) (Daniel Stenberg, 2002). Jarkko Oikarinen was then still a university student when he wrote the chat program. Anyone with an internet connection can participate in the live chat. What made IRC more superior than any chat programs that existed at that time is that IRC is free. How does...
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