#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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