Internet Relay Chat (ConceptTopic, 12)

<[#ontology [kind topic] [cats Instant_messaging Protocol]]>
'''Internet Relay Chat''', or '''IRC''' for short, is an [[instant messaging]] protocol whose [[group chat]] feature actually works. [[Kawachan]] used to have an IRC channel on the [[Puyo Nexus]] server, but it doesn't exist any more... [[Fail|not that anyone ever used it]], of course.