hi all, i'm sorry if for posting this stupid question .. Actually i plan to make an irc client using java but any sample programs that came to me using applet+servlet .. all i wanna build is just an irc client which will connect to irc server using java applet (without server) .. can somebody help me with an explanation of irc mechanisms .. especially in java language format ... any attention will be a great helpful .. thank you very much .. -- Fadly A.R