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Isn't mIRC just a client for IRC (a standard), but ICQ is centralized? Or are there some "mIRC"-branded servers out there that run popular IRC channels?

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Correct, mIRC is just one of many clients for an IRC protocol.

Yes, yes, just a client, but for me it was the first interface to whole new world, so I will never forget it.

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I genuinely LOLed, thanks for that! :) What a flashback.

I was reminded of that when analysing the Skype (now Teams) protocol and found that one of the domains it uses was trouter.io.

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