Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Help Nearly 800 helpful files including FAQs, primers, technical guides, clients and scripts, and server lists and maps. http://www.irchelp.org/

RFC:1459 IRC Protocol RFC protocol specification. http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1459.html

(Yet Another) IRC Information Website Contains links, explanations, guides, and many good documentations. http://www.hut.fi/~jlohikos/IRC.html

Undernet Routing Committee Resources for Undernet server operators. http://routing-com.undernet.org/

Undernet FAQ Website UnderNet's IRC-related FAQ http://www.faqs.org/faqs/irc/undernet-faq/part1/index.html

Client-To-Client Protocol (CTCP) Documentation Specifications for CTCP as well as DCC protocols which are now standard supplements of IRC. http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/rfc/ctcpspec.html

IRC Command Cosmos Advanced reference of IRC commands. http://www.student.uib.no/~st01369/ccosmos/

Beginners Guide To IRC (mIRC style) Based on the chatting client, this is a good explanation on how to get started, easily. Contains plenty of other related links. http://www.mirc.com/irc.html

Most updated RFC1459 IRC Protocol http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/rfc/

RFC0949 FTP unique-named store command ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc949.txt