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 ===== Design =====
 ==== Networks ====
-IRC is designed to be a federated protocol, meaning that an IRC **network** can be accessible from various different approved servers. This federated model can protect from network downtime, due to the lack of a single point of failure, as well as promote diplomacy among the network administration.
+IRC is designed to be a federated protocol, meaning that an IRC **network** can be accessible from various different official servers. This federated model can protect from network downtime, due to the lack of a single point of failure, as well as promote diplomacy among the network administration.
 ==== Channels ====
-Servers are grouped into channels. Channels start with a pound ''#'' symbol and can have various different modes set, represented by a string of flags.
+Servers are grouped into channels. Channels start with a pound ''#'' symbol and can have various different modes set, represented by a string of flags. They can also have a topic, which is a string that is intended to represent the current topic of conversation, but nowadays is used more like a description for the channel.
 ==== Users ====
 A user has four identifying attributes:
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 ===== IRC client commands =====
 Here are some commands broadly implemented by IRC clients.
-''/join <channel>'' Subscribes you to a channel.
+  *''/join <channel>'' Subscribes you to a channel.
-''/part'' Leaves a channel and incurs a ''part'' message defined by your client.
+  *''/part'' Leaves a channel and incurs a ''part'' message defined by your client.
-''/whois <nick>'' Queries info about another person in the same channel.
+  *''/whois <nick>'' Queries info about another person in the same channel.