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10.12 Terms You Might Encounter

#amiga
     IRC Channel on Efnet and Undernet for users interested in the
     Amiga family of Computers.

Action
     CTCP Action command, executed by a /me at the beginning of a
     message.

ARCnet
     Amiga Relay Chat Network. Served by several Amigas running
     CLChatServer, forming a small network used by those interested in
     the Amiga Family of Computers.

Ban
     A channel mode set in order to prevent a user or group of users
    
 from joining a channel.

Bot
     Short for Robot, a Bot is a script that acts like a user, and can
     execute a command upon a certain occurance.

Client
     Software that is written for the purpose of connecting to a
     server, in this case, an IRC server.

Channel
     A group of users on IRC. A channel will have a name (i/e, #amiga),
     and may or may not have a topic of conversation.

Channel Mode
     The properties of a channel that allow or disallow certain
     activities.  Channel Modes can only be changed or set by Channel
     Operators.

Channel Operator (aka, Op)
     A user who has control over a channel.  A user who creates a
     channel is given Op status, and in turn can give it to anyone else
     in the channel.

Command
     A message to an IRC server or to a local or remote client.
     Commands generally begin with a /.  See Commands.

CTCP
     Client To Client Protocol, A standard for sending commands from
     one client to another, usually for the purpose of getting
     information from the remote client.  See CTCP.

DCC
     Direct Client Connection - a standard for creating a direct link
     between two clients, for the purpose of sending or receiving
     files, or to carry a more secure conversation.  See DCC.

Efnet
     (Eris Free), the largest and "main" IRC network, with an average
     of about 5000 users on any given day.

Identd
     Identd Is software that can be run on the client, allowing an IRC
     server to corroberate the identity of a client.  AmIRC has an
     Identd built in, and will automatically disable it if an external
     Identd is running.

IRC
     Internet Relay Chat - Any Network of Computers that run IRC
     servers for the purpose of allowing users to connect to it
     using client software made for IRC.

Kick
     The occurance of a user being removed from a joined channel by a
     channel operator.

MOTD
     Message Of The Day, A message that may or may not be updated
     daily, that is meant to be read when connecting to an IRC server.

Netsplit
     An event that occurs when a server goes down that other servers
     depend on for network packets. Any servers that are dependant on
     the crashed server will split from the net, that is, they will
     still be up and running, with active clients, but any clients on
     the other side of the crashed unit will appear to have all logged
     off at once.

Nick
     Short for Nickname, this is an alias that you may pick for
     yourself.

Op
     See Channel Operator.

Server
     A computer that is Running IRC server software, allowing it to be
     connected to by IRC clients or other servers.

Server Operator
     A person in control of an IRC server.

TLA (Three Letter abreiviations)
     commonly used acronyms, not entirely restricted to 3 letters.

    AFAIK
          As Far As I Know

    AFK
          Away From Keyboard

    BRB
          (I'll) Be Right Back

    BBL
          (I'll) Be Back Later

    IMHO
          In My Humble|Honest Opinion

    LOL
          Laughs Out Loud

    MOTD
          Message Of The Day

    ROTFL
          Rolls On The Floor Laughing

    RTFM
          Read The F***ing Manual

Topic
     A heading for a channel that may or may not have anything to do
     with the conversation at hand.

Undernet
     The second largest IRC network, considered an 'Alternative' to
     EFnet.

User
     a person using an IRC Client to connect to a server to chat.

User Mode
     Settings that affect a users properties.

    Invisible
          If this mode is set, a user will be invisible in the global
          user list.  The user will still be visible in the user list
          of any joined channel, however.

    Wallops
          When set, this mode will allow receiving of messages from the
          server operator to all operators.

Userhost
     This is the string that defines a user.  It consists of the user's
     chosen nick, login name and domain name.  For example:
     Wupper!jwupper@monorail.wupper.de
     |      |       |        |      |_ Domain
     |      |       |        |________ Network
     |      |       |_________________ Machine
     |      |_________________________ Login
     |________________________________ Nick

Voice
     Status a normal (not an operator) user must have to type into a
     moderated channel.


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