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| - | ; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Wikipedia] : <span class="plainlinks">Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time real-time] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet Internet] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_chat chat] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_conferencing synchronous conferencing]. It is mainly designed for group ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-to-many many-to-many]) communication in discussion forums called ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room channels]'', but also allows [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-to-one_(communication) one-to-one communication] and data transfers via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging private message].
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| - | : IRC was created by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarkko_Oikarinen Jarkko "WiZ" Oikarinen] in late August 1988 to replace a program called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUT_(software) MUT] (MultiUser [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_(Unix) talk]) on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system BBS] called OuluBox in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland Finland]. Oikarinen found inspiration in a chat system known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitnet_Relay Bitnet Relay], which operated on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET BITNET].
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| - | : IRC gained prominence when it was used to report on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_coup_attempt_of_1991 Soviet coup attempt of 1991] throughout a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_blackout media blackout]. It was previously used in a similar fashion by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwaiti Kuwaitis] during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War Iraqi invasion]. Relevant logs are available from [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/communications/logs/ ibiblio] archive.
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| - | : [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients IRC client] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software software] is available for virtually every computer operating system.</span>
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| - | The OLPC Community uses a series of ''channels'' in the '''<tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>''' network.
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| - | === Channels ===
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| - | Primary:
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| - | * <tt>#olpc</tt> — Contact point for all things olpc, ''and'' the core hardware development team's own channel. Picture a room where the knowledgeable core people are hard at work. It is a good place for authoritative answers, but people may be out, or too busy to respond, or don't want interruptions at the moment. #olpc-content is a good place to ask questions first.
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| - | * <tt>#sugar</tt> — [[Sugar]] development.
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| - | * <tt>#olpc-content</tt> — [[content]] related matters and general discussion.
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| - | Smaller: <tt>#olpc-''xx''</tt> (where ''xx'' is a [[Languages|language code]]), and <tt>#olpc-''[[Countries|country]]''</tt>.
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| - | * <tt>#olpc-es</tt> — [[Spanish]] language channel. Mostly [[OLPC Spanish America]].
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| - | * <tt>#olpc-peru</tt> — [[OLPC Peru|Peru]] and [[OLPC Spanish America]] subjects (most likely to be in [[Spanish]])
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| - | * <tt>#olpc-brasil</tt> — [[OLPC Brazil|Brazil]] (note the spelling with the 's' - [[portuguese|português]])
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| - | * <tt>#olpc-ro</tt> — [[OLPC Romania]]
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| - | * <tt>#olpc-ko</tt> — [[OLPC Korea]]
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| - | === other channels ===
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| - | Experimental:
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| - | * <tt>#olpc-wiki</tt> — geared towards issues or subjects relative to the [[wiki]] itself ''(Created around 20 June.)''
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| - | * <tt>#olpc-l10n</tt> — has [[Localization]] as its focus ''(Created around 20 June.)''
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| - | Inactive:
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| - | * <tt>#OLPC-Dictionary</tt> — related to the [http://www.omegawiki.org omegawiki.org] children's dictionary for the olpc
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| - | * <tt>#tam_tam</tt> — [[TamTam]] ''(Inactive?)''
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| - | * <tt>#olpc-talk</tt> — If <tt>#olpc</tt> is a room where people are working, then <tt>#olpc-talk</tt> is the hallway where conversation can be moved when it gets noisy or random, or folks just want focus on work. ''(Created 2007-06-04. Didn't draw much traffic. #olpc-content remains the main discussion venue. If/when that get's too noisy, #olpc-talk can be resurrected.)''
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| - | ===How to use irc channels===
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| - | # If you don't know what IRC is, now is a good time to find out. It stands for Internet Relay Chat, and is basically... a chatroom. Some helpful resources are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat here], [http://www.mirc.com/irc.html here], and especially [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html this tutorial], which also includes basic commands.
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| - | # Learn about IRC etiquette. Some good reads are [http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/etiquette.html here], [http://www.livinginternet.com/r/ru_chatq.htm here], and [http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/IRC_Etiquette here].
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| - | # Review the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients software client list]. Pick one, download, install. If you haven't used IRC before, a good choice is [http://www.xchat.org/ Xchat], which works on both Linux and Windows; Linuxchix has a good [http://www.linuxchix.org/connecting-linuxchix-irc-using-xchat.html tutorial].
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| - | # connect to to one or more of the above mentioned channels, and join us! (To do this, choose irc.freenode.net as your server, and then /join a channel... if you're new to IRC, the #olpc-content channel is probably the place you want to go first).
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| - | [[Category:General Public]]
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