Eggdrop is a popular IRC bot. It was originally written in December of 1993 by Robey Pointer, working with Jamie Rishaw, for the EFnet channel #gayteen. Eggdrop started out as an efficient substitute for cEvin, Jamie's IRC bot which was reaching limitations due to its script based design. Software development is the translation of a user need or marketing goal into a software product. ... A software release is the distribution, whether public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product. ... is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function, type, or field of use. ... An IRC bot performing a simple task. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... An IRC bot performing a simple task. ...      IRC Abjects • AbleNET • AfterNET • Aitvaras • AusIRC • AustIRC • AustNet • Blitzed • BRASnet • DALnet • Delinked • DeltaAnime • EFnet • EsperNet • freenode • Gamma Force • GamesNET • GameSurge • IRCHighway • IRCnet • LinkNet • NetGamers • Open and Free Technology Community • QuakeNet Rizon • SlashNET • UKChatterbox • UniBG • Undernet • ZiRC EFnet or Eris Free network is a major IRC network, with over 70,000... An IRC bot performing a simple task. ...

Eggdrop is written in the C programming language, and features an interface for scripts that allows the user to enhance the functionality of the bot. The language used in the script interface is Tcl. C is a general-purpose, block structured, procedural, imperative computer programming language developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system. ... An IRC bot performing a simple task. ... Tcl (originally from Tool Command Language, but nonetheless conventionally rendered as Tcl rather than TCL; and pronounced tickle) is a scripting language created by John Ousterhout. ...

In its time, the eggdrop has become one of the most popular IRC bots. Many of the bots that are run by normal IRC users (as opposed to the bots run by IRC Operators, which are usually the network services like ChanServ and NickServ) are eggdrops. An IRC bot performing a simple task. ... Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. ... An IRC bot performing a simple task. ... An IRC operator is a user on an Internet Relay Chat network who has privileged access. ... IRC services is a common name for a set of features implemented in most modern Internet Relay Chat networks. ... IRC services is a common name for a set of features implemented in most modern Internet Relay Chat networks. ...

Due to its popularity, the eggdrop has a plethora of different scripts available for inclusion, most of them written by users. The additional features provided include such things as trivia games, file distribution mechanisms (usually via the DCC protocol) and random insults of other users on the channel. Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) is an IRC-related sub-protocol enabling peers to interconnect using an IRC server for handshaking in order to exchange files or perform non-relayed chats. ...

It also features such uses as a botnet, which allows one to link multiple IRC bots together to act in a coordinated fashion, i.e., sharing information about users, performing actions when other bots die (shut down), and setting a ban on a person in each channel synchronously. People connected to any bot on the botnet via DCC CHAT or telnet are also able to communicate with each other within the botnet on various channels (channel 0, the default, is referred to as the "party line"), in a sort of miniature IRC. Botnet is a jargon term for a collection of software robots, or bots, which run autonomously. ... An IRC bot performing a simple task. ... An IRC bot performing a simple task. ... Channel, in communications (sometimes called communications channel), refers to the medium used to convey information from a sender (or transmitter) to a receiver. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Politics In politics, the line or the party line is an English language idiom for a political party or social movements canon agenda, as well as specific ideological elements specific to the organizations partisanship. ...

Support

Eggdrop help via IRC is available in #eggdrop on Undernet ^[1]. On IRCnet and DALnet, support is available in #eggdrop. On QuakeNet support is available in #eggdrop.support. Eggdrop help is also available on EFnet and freenode in the channel #egghelp. (The EFnet channel #eggdrop is not a help channel as of May 2006.) Eggdrop help is also available on UniBG in the channel #EggFAQ There is also a help channel for Tcl programming, and the Eggdrop specific extensions to Tcl on most major networks called #tcl. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. ... The Undernet is one of the largest Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks. ... IRCnet is one of the largest IRC networks. ... DALnet is an Internet relay chat (IRC) network founded in July 1994 by members of the EFnet #startrek channel. ... QuakeNet is the largest IRC network, with peak user counts close to 180,000 every day and over 180,000 channels. ...      IRC Abjects • AbleNET • AfterNET • Aitvaras • AusIRC • AustIRC • AustNet • Blitzed • BRASnet • DALnet • Delinked • DeltaAnime • EFnet • EsperNet • freenode • Gamma Force • GamesNET • GameSurge • IRCHighway • IRCnet • LinkNet • NetGamers • Open and Free Technology Community • QuakeNet Rizon • SlashNET • UKChatterbox • UniBG • Undernet • ZiRC EFnet or Eris Free network is a major IRC network, with over 70,000... The title of this article should be freenode. ...      IRC Abjects • AbleNET • AfterNET • Aitvaras • AusIRC • AustIRC • AustNet • Blitzed • BRASnet • DALnet • Delinked • DeltaAnime • EFnet • EsperNet • freenode • Gamma Force • GamesNET • GameSurge • IRCHighway • IRCnet • LinkNet • NetGamers • Open and Free Technology Community • QuakeNet Rizon • SlashNET • UKChatterbox • UniBG • Undernet • ZiRC EFnet or Eris Free network is a major IRC network, with over 70,000... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tcl (originally from Tool Command Language, but nonetheless conventionally rendered as Tcl rather than TCL; and pronounced tickle) is a scripting language created by John Ousterhout. ... Tcl (originally from Tool Command Language, but nonetheless conventionally rendered as Tcl rather than TCL; and pronounced tickle) is a scripting language created by John Ousterhout. ...

References

1. ^ Official IRC support channel for Eggdrop

See also

• Tcl
• Internet Relay Chat
• IRC bot
• EnergyMech

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External links

• About Eggdrop
• List of Eggdrop Contributors
• Official Eggdrop Site (Eggheads Development Team)
• Slennox's Eggdrop Page - Eggdrop Help, Scripts and More
• Eggdrop and Tcl information and resources. Features a concise guide to Eggdrop and a botnet you can join