Quick IRC Guide

Quick Guide to IRC (internet relay chat)
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If you wish to connect to IRC, you will first need to know the server name, and the channel you want to talk in.
Server names are in the form of irc.servername.com
Channel names are prefixed with #, like #example
To quickly join irc, replace <channel> and <server> with their names in the following url:
http://mibbit.com/<channel>@<server>
For example, if you want to go to #speedrunslive on irc.speedrunslive.com, you would go to:
http://mibbit.com/#speedrunslive@irc.speedrunslive.com
Once there, in the text field on the page (next to "Nick:"), type in the name you wish to use and hit Enter (or click "Go")
From here, you're all done!
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Basic commands:
Anything in angle brackets (these: < >) are meant to be replaced with whatever is described inside.
Anything including and after the semicolon (this: ;) is not meant to be typed, it describes the action.
/join <channel> ;join the specified channel on the same server
/nick <nick> ;change your current nick to the one specified
/server <server> ;change your current server to the one specified
/nickserv register <password> <email address> ;register your nick to prevent people from using it
/nickserv identify <password> ;after registering a nick, you can identify using this line
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IRC Clients:
For more features and a better chat experience, it is best to download an IRC client. This allows for high customization and ease-of-access tools like aliases, scripts, and shortcuts. A very popular example of this is mIRC.

If you would like to know more, there is a plethora of information available through http://google.com