Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Example
Sample Chat Discussion
Most IRC applications are graphical, so there will be separate windows
for channel status, a list of logged-in users, the traffic on the channel,
and the text field where you enter your comments. A brief sample of
the channel traffic is shown. We will join a hypothetical IRC channel
called #ourchat, employing username 'schreian'. The channel traffic
screen shows administrative events with a leading '*', and actual chat
leading with the name of the user entering text.
*
Now talking on #yourchat
* Topic for #yourchat is: sample chat site
* Topic for #yourchat set by siteowner at Sat Jul 28 11:57:52 2007
A user named 'named' joins.
* named (n=arg
@
bhe.res-com.wayinternet.com) has joined #yourchat
And then the user named types a comment, followed by a comment by
schreian.
<named> hi, when i went to the web site, I could not find the docu-
ment area.
<schreian> easiest is to follow the help link on the left side.
<named> thanks schreian.
A currently connected user leaves the channel, as does named.
* snowmoon has quit ()
* named has quit ()
And then I leave with the /leave #yourchat command
* You have left channel #yourchat (“Leaving”)
Most IRC applications allow the logging of activity while the user is connected.
For example, the X-Chat Aqua application on Mac OSX has a logging setting
in the Preferences menu. The logs are typically simple text files in the same for-
mat as the chat view in the application.
MUDs
MUDs (Multi-user Dungeons) are related to chat rooms with some additional
characteristics. Their name derives from the old 'Dungeons & Dragons' game,
which was adapted to Unix computers as a single-user game in the late 1970s.
The multi-user dungeons are implemented as network-accessible multi-user
