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CFD

Call for discussion. Important decisions concerning SorceryNet are made in a two stage process. It starts with a certain period for discussing the issue on the public mailinglist so people can form their opinion. This is called the CFD.

CFV

Call for votes. This is the actual vote that follows the CFD. During this period, people elegible to vote can cast their vote by e-mail. After this period, the vote coordinators will announce the results on the public mailinglist.

Channel

A channel is a room on an IRC network. To get a list of channels, type /list in your favorite IRC client.

Channel Mode

IRC keeps a set of single-letter flags for each user and for each channel, and also for each user within each channel. The main channel modes are +o nick to make that nick be for a channel operator, +v nick to make that nick have a channel voice, +n to forbid people outside the channel from sending a notice to everyone inside the channel, and +t to allow the channel topic to be set only by a channel operator.

Channel Operator

Someone with a channel mode of +o, usually shown with an @-sign in front of their nick. They can kick people out of the channel, ban users from entering the channel, make other people channel operators, give people channel voice mode, set the channel topic, and generally run the channel. See also NickServ and ChanServ.

Channel Takeover

After a netsplit, sometimes you will be the only person in a particular channel, and if you leave the channel and rejoin, you'll be an operator. When the net joins up again, you can try to kick and ban everyone else, and now you "own" the channel. Unfortunately for you, if the channel has been properly registered with ChanServ, the real channel operators will quickly end your reign of terror! On networks such as EFnet, there is no recourse if you lose a channel in this way, so a number of bots have "IRC Warrior" features to prevent takeovers. These features are not needed on SorceryNet, and you should disable them.

ChanServ

ChanServ is a service provided by some IRC networks that lets you register a channel. Once you have done that, ChanServ will keep a list of people who are allowed to be operators in that cvhannel. set modes and the channel topic, and help protect you from channel takeovers.

Charter

The charter documents the rights and responsibilities of the SorceryNet administrators. It can be found on our web- or download site.

Clone

A bot programmed to connect lots of times (sometimes several hundred connections all at once) can slow down the network or even break it. Cloning is not normally allowed on an IRC network that has any other users, so if you try it, expect to make yourself very unpopular. Most networks allow 3 or 4 connections from the same network address before they start investigating.

CTCP

CTCP is an acronym for "Client To Client Protocol". CTCP is a way to send information between two IRC clients. An few examples would be CTCP PING, CTCP CLIENTINFO, and CTCP VERSION. You may have used a CTCP and didn't even know it. The /me command is really a CTCP ACTION.

RD Glossary by Run Digital