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                    <h1>The IRC Protocol Documentation</h1>
                    <p class="subtitle">The in-depth documentation for IRC on the web.</p>
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                    <p class="small">For assistance <a href="contact">contact us</a> or learn <a href="contributing">how to contribute</a></p>
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                    <p class="title"><i class="fas fa-file-alt"></i> References</p>
                    <p>These references include information about IRC commands, numerics, and all sorts of other information useful to developers.</p>
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                    <p>These tools help us test and confirm the way that IRC software works. We use them in writing these docs and make them available.</p>
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                    <p class="title"><i class="fas fa-font"></i> Glossary</p>
                    <p>This handy glossary lays out a number of IRC and IRC development terms, which will be used on this site and in general development.</p>
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