August 1988 · Software
Internet Relay Chat (1988)
Jarkko Oikarinen wrote the first IRC client and server in August 1988 at the University of Oulu.
Text chat protocol that became a mainstay of early online culture.
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Facts
- Date
- August 1988
- Kind
- Software: Chat protocol
- Maker or publisher
- Jarkko Oikarinen
- Format
- Protocol and software
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