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jan 1, 1988 - IRC (Inter-Relay-Chat) was invented

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Jarkko Oikarinen invented inter-relay-chat (IRC). This is the technology that let people go to "chat rooms" to meet others from all over the world.

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jan 1, 1988
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~ 37 years ago