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IrcII
'''ircII''' is a [[Unix]] [[Internet rRelay cChat|IRC]] client that is made available completely free of charge, and is available in source form.

[[Image:Ircii.png|right|thumb|ircII screen capture]]

Designed to run in a text-mode environment, '''ircII''' is not pretty -- it has no sounds, graphics, menus, pop-ups, etc. It is, however, fast, stable, lightweight, portable, and easily backgrounded using virtual terminals such as Unix "screen".

UNIX has evolved over the years into many variant [[OS]]'s such as [[Linux]], [[BSD]], [[Solaris Operating Environment|Solaris]], etc., sometimes collectively known as "*nix", "[[Unix-like]]" or simply "[[Unix]]". Because of thisAs the [[Unix]] and [[Unix-like]] systems evolved and increased ing popularity, more, newer [[Internet relay chat|IRC]] clients have been developed for Unix systemsthem as well. Perhaps the most common are [[BitchX]] and [[Enhanced Programmable ircII Client|EPIC]], both variants of the ircII client with greater functionality built into them at some stage in their development.

At one time, the '''IircII''' client set the standard against which all other clients were developed and measured. While this may still hold true to some extent today, the [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] client [[mIRC]] has largely taken over that position.

==External links==
*[http://www.eterna.com.au/ircii/ Home page]
*[http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/ircii/ Installation, Scripts]
*[http://irc.pages.de/ircII/ Script updates] from the original author of the ircII scripts