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Type of communication between Internet Relay Chat (IRC) clients

Client-to-client protocol (CTCP) is a special type of communication between Internet Relay Chat (IRC) clients. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Client-to-client protocolA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: An Empirical Client Cloud Environment to Secure Data Communication with Alert ProtocolInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Building Real-time mobile solutions with MQTT and IBM MessageSightThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Mosquitto: server and client implementation of the MQTT protocolCited 443 times
  5. Go sideways: Direct Client-to-ClientA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. History
  2. Structure
  3. Common CTCP commands

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🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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