IRC is a simple chat protocol that only offers text-based chat with usernames and channels. It is run using a plain TCP socket on the port 6667 (Plain) or 6697 (TLS)
IRC is one of the platforms that have been implemented to mandelBRot first.
IRC style
IRC style in mandelBRot refers to how the bot mocks other users without having separate nicknames.
For example, when a message from discord is sent, the mandelBRot user will show something like the following on IRC:
[D][Someone] Message content will be here...