A seemingly neverending series of messages that consist of nothing more than arguments and insults. Flame wars impair the usefulness of Usenet News by filling a newsgroup with material that is irrelevant to the topic of discussion in that newsgroup. IRC is a program that allows you to communicate with other users of the Internet in real time. IRC is similar to a global CB radio, except that you type to one another instead of talking. There are typically between 6,000 and 11,000 users on IRC at any given time.
Users divide themselves among various channels with different topics of discussion.
You can access IRC through your UCS account or through a Windows client. Protocol A SLIP connection allows you to access the Internet and World Wide Web through the graphical interface of a Windows environment. A global collection of publicly-accessible information that is commonly accessed with Web browsers like Netscape, Mosaic, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Lynx. The World Wide Web contains many diverse types of information ranging from commercial companies and government agencies to private individuals. Some Web pages advertise products, services and software that are for sale, but the majority of Web pages offer information freely.