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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>channel</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="chainik.html" title="chainik"/><link rel="next" href="channel-hopping.html" title="channel hopping"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">channel</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="chainik.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="channel-hopping.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="channel"/><dt xmlns="" id="channel"><b>channel</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [IRC] The basic unit of discussion on <a href="../I/IRC.html"><i class="glossterm">IRC</i></a>.
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Once one joins a channel, everything one types is read by others on that
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channel. Channels are named with strings that begin with a ‘#’
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sign and can have topic descriptions (which are generally irrelevant to the
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actual subject of discussion). Some notable channels are <b class="command">#initgame</b>, <b class="command">#hottub</b>,
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<b class="command">callahans</b>, and <b class="command">#report</b>. At times of international crisis, <b class="command">#report</b> has hundreds of members, some of whom take
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turns listening to various news services and typing in summaries of the
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news, or in some cases, giving first-hand accounts of the action (e.g.,
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Scud missile attacks in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War in 1991).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="chainik.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="channel-hopping.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">chainik </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> channel hopping</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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