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• jupiter: [IRC] vt. To kill an {IRC} {robot} or user and then take its place by adopting its {nick} so that it cannot reconnect.
  Named after a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user....
• obot: [IRC, MUD] n. An {IRC} or {MUD} user who is actually a program.
  On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful service....
• bot n [common on IRC, MUD and among gamers; from `robot'] 1.
  An IRC or MUD user who is actually a program. On IRC, typically the robot provides some useful service....
• ick n. [IRC; very common] Short for nickname. On IRC, every user must pick a nick, which is sometimes the same as the user's real name or login name, but is often more fanciful.
  Compare handle, screen name....
• ick: [IRC] n. Short for nickname. On {IRC}, every user must pick a nick, which is sometimes the same as the user's real name or login name, but is often more fanciful.
  Compare {handle}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• Tyrant: an IRC Bot.
• initgame /in-it'gaym/ n. [IRC] An IRC version of the trivia game "Botticelli
  in which one user changes his nick to the initials of a famous person or other named entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions, with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next....
• initgame: /in-it'gaym/ [IRC] n. An {IRC} version of the venerable trivia game "20 questio
  in which one user changes his {nick} to the initials of a famous person or other named entity, and the others on the channel ask yes or no questions, with the one to guess the person getting to be "it" next....
• IRC /I-R-C/ n. [Internet Relay Chat] A worldwide "party line" network that allows one to converse with others in real time.
  IRC is structured as a network of Internet servers, each of which accepts connections from client programs, one per user....