The Internet Online Chat Protocol (IRCP) can be scattered with multiple machines to achieve remote conferences on the Internet. The IRC protocol is basically developed using TCP / IP network protocol system, however it does not require TCP / IP to be its unique operating environment. IRC is a text protocol that requires only a simple port program to connect to a server.
A typical configuration of IRCP includes: a server forming a channel for client (or other server) to connect, realizes the functions of transmission / multiplexing technologies for the required information, serve as IRC hub, providing channels with client connection Thereby achieving chat between intercom; in addition, it also provides channels connected to the server to form an IRC network. The IRC server requires a unique network configuration to generate a tree, and each server acts as a central code service to generate the other network part you see.
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