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Isn't mIRC just a client for IRC (a standard), but ICQ is centralized? Or are there some "mIRC"-branded servers out there that run popular IRC channels?
by nick238 2y ago
Isn't mIRC just a client for IRC (a standard), but ICQ is centralized? Or are there some "mIRC"-branded servers out there that run popular IRC channels?
- aleksandrm 2y agoCorrect, mIRC is just one of many clients for an IRC protocol.
- weinzierl 2y agoYes, yes, just a client, but for me it was the first interface to whole new world, so I will never forget it.
- edm0nd 2y agoslaps you with a trout
- alluro2 2y agoI genuinely LOLed, thanks for that! :) What a flashback.
- userbinator 2y agoI was reminded of that when analysing the Skype (now Teams) protocol and found that one of the domains it uses was trouter.io.