IRC: The Global Chat Room
In short: How Internet Relay Chat, born at a Finnish university, carried live conversations across a world-wide tree of linked servers, and what that design gave and cost.
A 1:51 short film in the series “Being Social Online”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Daniel Stenberg (daniel.haxx.se), personal website, “History of IRC (Internet Relay Chat)”; Brewminate (article by Matthew A. McIntosh, Public Historian), “Internet Relay Chat and the Rise of Real-Time Networks”; RFC Editor (Internet Engineering Task Force), RFC 1459 by J. Oikarinen and D. Reed, “RFC 1459: Internet Relay Chat Protocol | RFC Editor”; Textce (textce.com), a commercial chat service's own IRC history page, “History of IRC: the story of Internet Relay Chat”; Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Datatracker, RFC 2810 'Internet Relay Chat: Architecture' by C. Kalt, April 2000, Informational; updates RFC 1459, “RFC 2810: Internet Relay Chat: Architecture”; Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), RFC 2811 by C. Kalt, April 2000 (Informational, updates RFC 1459), “RFC 2811: Internet Relay Chat: Channel Management”.
Sources used in this film
- Daniel Stenberg (daniel.haxx.se), personal website — History of IRC (Internet Relay Chat) · View →
- Brewminate (article by Matthew A. McIntosh, Public Historian) — Internet Relay Chat and the Rise of Real-Time Networks · View →
- RFC Editor (Internet Engineering Task Force), RFC 1459 by J. Oikarinen and D. Reed — RFC 1459: Internet Relay Chat Protocol | RFC Editor · View →
- Textce (textce.com), a commercial chat service's own IRC history page — History of IRC: the story of Internet Relay Chat · View →
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Datatracker, RFC 2810 'Internet Relay Chat: Architecture' by C. Kalt, April 2000, Informational; updates RFC 1459 — RFC 2810: Internet Relay Chat: Architecture · View →
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), RFC 2811 by C. Kalt, April 2000 (Informational, updates RFC 1459) — RFC 2811: Internet Relay Chat: Channel Management · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Daniel Stenberg (daniel.haxx.se), personal website: History of IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
- Also: Brewminate (article by Matthew A. McIntosh, Public Historian): Internet Relay Chat and the Rise of Real-Time Networks
- Also: RFC Editor (Internet Engineering Task Force), RFC 1459 by J. Oikarinen and D. Reed: RFC 1459: Internet Relay Chat Protocol | RFC Editor
- Also: Textce (textce.com), a commercial chat service's own IRC history page: History of IRC: the story of Internet Relay Chat
- Also: Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Datatracker, RFC 2810 'Internet Relay Chat: Architecture' by C. Kalt, April 2000,: RFC 2810: Internet Relay Chat: Architecture
- Also: Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), RFC 2811 by C. Kalt, April 2000 (Informational, updates RFC 1459): RFC 2811: Internet Relay Chat: Channel Management
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