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Everything about IRC bot

Software that acts as an IRC user

An IRC bot is a set of scripts or an independent program that connects to Internet Relay Chat as a client, and so appears to other IRC users as another user. An IRC bot differs from a regular client in that instead of providing interactive access to IRC for a human user, it performs automated functions. Wikipedia →

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Read the overview: IRC botA 5-minute orientation
Pick up a classic book: IRC HacksThe most-reprinted book on the subject
Go sideways: IRCA closely related topic
Go sideways: IRCdA closely related topic

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📚 Books worth reading

IRC HacksPaul Mutton · 2004
📕IRC bot lending platformGuillaume Georges Robert Tournand · 2003

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