irc?

[Avenger2501]

what is irc?

[Deep Blue]

IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

is an instant messaging program, that allows many people to gather in a channel and exchange messages in real time. It's a client / server setup, so in order to start chatting you need to get a client, such as mIRC www.mirc.co.uk

For a bit more in depth information have a look at this link http://irchelp.org/irchelp/new2irc.html