{"draft":"","doc_id":"RFC1459","title":" Internet Relay Chat Protocol ","authors":["J. Oikarinen","D. Reed"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"65","pub_status":"EXPERIMENTAL","status":"EXPERIMENTAL","source":"Legacy","abstract":" The IRC protocol is a text-based protocol, with the simplest client being any socket program capable of connecting to the server.  This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.  ","pub_date":"April 1993","keywords":["IRCP","IRC"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":["RFC2810","RFC2811","RFC2812","RFC2813","RFC7194"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC1459","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc1459"}