What Does This Mean?

CTCP

[ TECH ][ PROTOCOL ][ IRC ]

FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: IRC CultureCLUSTER: irc_protocols

Client-to-Client Protocol: a way for IRC chat clients to query one another and carry data raw IRC cannot, used for the /me action command and to set up DCC connections.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""A CTCP VERSION reply told the channel which client he was running.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Per Wikipedia, Michael Sandrof implemented CTCP in 1990 for ircII version 2.1; most major IRC clients support it.

FIRST SEEN

1990 (ircII 2.1, per Wikipedia)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

1990s-2000s

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

Related To:XDCC Bot Chat Spam

Leer en español →Lire en français →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Ler em português →阅读中文版 →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ TECH ][ PROTOCOL ][ IRC ]

RELATED TERMS

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

1990 (ircII 2.1, per Wikipedia)

NOW

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