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> IRC had a thing called "CTCP", client-to-client-protocol, with which two users' IRC clients communicated directly, client IP to client IP. That's DCC (Direct
by progval 3y ago
> IRC had a thing called "CTCP", client-to-client-protocol, with which two users' IRC clients communicated directly, client IP to client IP.
That's DCC (Direct Client-to-Client). CTCP is another in-line protocol that allows things like /me or asking what software other clients run.