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IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. Here is the first paragraph from the Wikipedia article on IRC :

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a protocol for real-time Internet text messaging (chat) or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication via private message as well as chat and data transfer, including file sharing.

Connecting to an IRC server isn’t hard. You just need the right IRC client, and a little bit of information.