Jarkko Oikarinen, born in 1967 in Kuusamo, Finland, is a Finnish IT professional who invented Internet Relay Chat, the first internet chat network, in 1988, working under the handle WiZ.
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Jarkko Oikarinen
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Jarkko Oikarinen (born 16 August 1967) is a Finnish IT professional and the inventor of the first Internet chat network, called Internet Relay Chat (IRC), where he is known as WiZ.
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