internet relay chat

基本解释

For example, any machine suddenly blasting away on Internet Relay Chat is certainly suspicious.
举个例子来说，任何计算机如果其互联网中继通讯突然爆发，那么它是非常可疑的。
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As I followed some "anons" over internet relay chat (IRC) on Tuesday, they voted among themselves not to attack the “UK metro police”.
就在我通过互联网实时聊天工具（IRC）与这些"无名氏"在一起时，他们刚刚表决通过了一项决定，不去袭击"英国的大都会警察"。
The group's bail conditions prohibit them from using online nicknames or using internet relay chat websites, the forums where Anonymous members are alleged to have plotted attacks.
被告的保释条件包括：不得使用昵称上网，不得使用即时通信网站，或是进入Anonymous被指控预谋攻击的网站论坛。

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a protocol for real-time Internet chatting — think ICQ, AOL Chat Rooms, Google Chat.
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All four of the men, who were arrested in December 2010 and January 2011, were already on bail and banned from accessing Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks, a popular channel for communicating among supporters of Anonymous, a nebulous collective of web activists and pranksters.
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