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Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion forums called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication and data transfers via private message.
IRC was created by Jarkko "WiZ" Oikarinen in late August 1988 to replace a program called MUT (MultiUser talk) on a BBS called OuluBox in Finland. Oikarinen found inspiration in a chat system known as Bitnet Relay, which operated on the BITNET.
IRC gained prominence when it was used to report on the Soviet coup attempt of 1991 throughout a media blackout. It was previously used in a similar fashion by Kuwaitis during the Iraqi invasion. Relevant logs are available from ibiblio archive.
IRC client software is available for virtually every computer operating system.

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The OLPC Community uses a series of channels in the irc.freenode.net network.

Channels

  • #olpc — general contact point for all things olpc
    While a general contact point, it does not currently seem a place for general discussion. Its current primary role seems to be support of the core olpc team, and other use appears brief and discouraged. Understandably - clutter would interfere with that role. There does not currently appear to be a channel for general community formation (aka chatting) and discussion. #olpc-content is sometimes used, but has a much smaller population. This seems a significant problem, but I'm unclear on how to address it. MitchellNCharity 08:15, 4 June 2007 (EDT)
  • #olpc-contentcontent related matters
  • #sugarSugar related matters

Also:

And:

  • #OLPC-Dictionary — related to the omegawiki.org children's dictionary for the olpc
  • #tam_tamTamTam (Inactive?)