internet relay chat

基本解释

For example, any machine suddenly blasting away on Internet Relay Chat is certainly suspicious.
擧個例子來說，任何計算機如果其互聯網中繼通訊突然爆發，那麽它是非常可疑的。
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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”.
就在我通過互聯網實時聊天工具（IRC）與這些"無名氏"在一起時，他們剛剛表決通過了一項決定，不去襲擊"英國的大都會警察"。
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.
被告的保釋條件包括：不得使用昵稱上網，不得使用即時通信網站，或是進入Anonymous被指控預謀攻擊的網站論罈。

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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