How is IRC organized?
There are many different IRC-nets such as: Undernet, EFnet, Dalnet, Superchat, StormNet,… Each net consists of (one or more) servers. All servers from one net are connected so you can join a net through different servers. Apart from this physical structure there’s also a logical structure. A net is divided is several channels. These channels deal with a certain topic (IRC help, Windows, science, …) or they’re just for fun (chatting, games). Each user on IRC also has to choose a name. It doesn’t have to be your real name, you can use something you like. Such a name is called your nick (nickname). It’s good to choose a nick and always use the same. That way you’ll easily be recognized by the people on a channel. I suggest you try to find an original nick, because there can’t be two Roberts on the same net at the same time. If you choose an nick someone else uses who isn’t online at the moment, people can be confused when they see you. Some nets have a Nickserv. This allows you to reg
