Editing MIRC (section)

==History==
mIRC was created by Khaled Mardam-Bey,<ref>{{cite web|last=Mattson|first=Bill|title=Chatting With Other Sailors|website=thebeachcats.com|publisher=|date=1998|url=https://www.thebeachcats.com/OnTheWire/wwwcatsail/archives/v3-i4/feature3.htm|access-date=2024-06-01}}</ref> a British [[programmer]] born in Jordan to a [[Syrians in Jordan|Syrian]] father and a [[Palestinians in Jordan|Palestinian]] mother.<ref>{{Cite web |title=mIRC: Personal FAQ |url=https://www.mirc.com/pfaq.html |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=www.mirc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=mIRC: Personal FAQ |url=https://www.mirc.com/pfaq.html |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=www.mirc.com}}</ref> He began developing the software in late 1994, and released its first version on 28 February 1995.<ref name=khaled>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirc.com/khaled.html|title=mIRC: Khaled Mardam-Bey|website=www.mirc.com}}</ref>

Mardam-Bey states that he decided to create mIRC because he felt the first IRC [[Client (computing)|client]]s for Windows lacked some basic [[IRC]] features. He then continued developing it due to the challenge and the fact that people appreciated his work. The author states that its subsequent popularity allowed him to make a living out of mIRC.<ref name="PFAQ"/> He also jokingly states that the "m" in mIRC stands for "moo" or "[[Mu_(negative)|MU]]" (meaning 'nothing' in Japanese and Korean).<ref name="PFAQ-Meaning"/>

mIRC 5.91 is the final version to support [[16-bit]] Windows;<ref name="FAQS2"/> 6.35 is the last to support [[Windows 95]], [[Windows NT 4.0|NT 4.0]], [[Windows 98|98]], and [[Windows ME|ME]]. The current version supports [[Windows XP]] and later.<ref name="GET"/>

The application makes an appearance in the 2006 music video for "[[Boten Anna]]" by Swedish singer [[Basshunter]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-did-slack-win-out-over-irc-anyway/ | title = Why Did Slack Win Out Over IRC, Anyway? | website = [[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] | author = Ernie Smith | date = 13 February 2018 | access-date = 12 June 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201107073309/https://www.vice.com/en/article/xw5wvj/why-did-slack-win-out-over-irc-anyway | archive-date = 7 November 2020 | url-status = live}}</ref>