What Does This Mean?

DCC

[ TECH ][ PROTOCOL ][ IRC ]

FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: IRC CultureCLUSTER: irc_protocols

Direct Client-to-Client: an IRC sub-protocol that uses the IRC server to introduce two users, who then chat or transfer files directly with each other outside the network.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""She sent the zine over DCC because the channel had a file ban.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wikipedia says Troy Rollo implemented DCC in 1991 for ircII version 2.1.2, after CTCP appeared in 1990; there is no RFC for it, and its DCC CHAT messages are not encrypted by default.

FIRST SEEN

1991 (ircII 2.1.2, 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 ]

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

1991 (ircII 2.1.2, per Wikipedia)

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