RC (ntrnt Rly Cht) s txt-bsd cht systm fr nstnt mssgng. RC s dsgnd fr grp cmmnctn n dscssn frms, clld chnnls, bt ls llws n-n-n cmmnctn v prvt mssgs s wll s cht nd dt trnsfr, ncldng fl shrng.
ntrnt Rly Cht s mplmntd s n pplctn lyr prtcl t fcltt cmmnctn n th frm f txt. Th cht prcss wrks n clnt–srvr ntwrkng mdl. srs cnnct, sng clnt—whch my b wb pp, stndln dsktp prgrm, r mbddd nt prt f lrgr prgrm—t n RC srvr, whch my b prt f lrgr RC ntwrk. xmpls f prgrms sd t cnnct ncld Mbbt, RCCld, KwRC, nd mRC.
RC sg hs bn dclnng stdly snc 2003, lsng 60 prcnt f ts srs. n prl 2011, th tp 100 RC ntwrks srvd mr thn 200,000 srs t tm.