"Huang Xiaobin" <hxbtougao@yahoo.com.cn> wrote in message
news:44261ee7$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> i am studying the TIdIRC and TIdIRCServer, but i didn't know
> the actually meaning of these two components
Like their names suggest, they implement the IRC protocol, which is used for
real-time instant messaging and file transfers. It is defined in RFC 1459:
Internet Relay Chat Protocol
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1459.txt?number=1459
IRC is one of the earliest mass-user multi-server chat systems, from the
days when the Internet was still in its infancy. It is still being used
today all over the world, though most people don't have a clue what it is.
Hackers, programmers, etc like to use it, though. It tends to be geared
more towards advanced users. Beginners can get lost in its complexity very
easily.
Gambit
