<s>
Infobot	B-Language
is	O
a	O
Perl	B-Language
IRC	B-Protocol
bot	O
,	O
first	O
written	O
in	O
1995	O
by	O
Kevin	O
Lenzo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
that	O
reason	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
Infobot	B-Language
,	O
running	O
in	O
#macintosh	O
on	O
the	O
EFnet	O
IRC	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
,	O
had	O
the	O
nickname	O
'	O
url	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
main	O
project	O
is	O
now	O
inactive	O
,	O
many	O
forks	B-Application
from	O
the	O
original	O
program	O
were	O
made	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
still	O
active	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
these	O
forks	B-Application
carry	O
extra	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
googling	O
a	O
phrase	O
given	O
through	O
the	O
chat	O
and	O
saying	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
the	O
query	O
as	O
messages	O
directly	O
in	O
the	O
chat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Infobot	B-Language
works	O
by	O
a	O
method	O
of	O
factoids	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Infobot	B-Language
at	O
this	O
point	O
silently	O
remembers	O
the	O
statement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
store	O
statements	O
and	O
re-state	O
them	O
with	O
ease	O
,	O
many	O
IRC	B-Protocol
channel	I-Protocol
operators	I-Protocol
use	O
an	O
Infobot	B-Language
to	O
store	O
information	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
channel	O
rules	O
so	O
they	O
could	O
easily	O
give	O
them	O
to	O
newcomers	O
to	O
the	O
channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
its	O
automated	O
replies	O
,	O
Infobots	B-Language
are	O
also	O
often	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
entertainment	O
bot	O
,	O
giving	O
humorous	O
replies	O
to	O
certain	O
queries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
to	O
prevent	O
the	O
Infobot	B-Language
from	O
saying	O
'	O
X	O
is	O
Y	O
 '	O
,	O
the	O
key	O
word	O
'	O
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1	O
 '	O
is	O
used	O
,	O
to	O
have	O
this	O
effect	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Infobots	B-Language
running	O
the	O
original	O
Infobot	B-Language
code	O
have	O
become	O
less	O
popular	O
on	O
IRC	B-Protocol
now	O
,	O
mostly	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
inactivity	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newer	O
Infobots	B-Language
have	O
additional	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
someone	O
can	O
ask	O
the	O
Infobot	B-Language
the	O
weather	O
at	O
a	O
certain	O
address	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Infobot	B-Language
will	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
weather	O
site	O
and	O
report	O
the	O
up-to-date	O
weather	O
on	O
the	O
chat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Infobots	B-Language
are	O
also	O
useful	O
as	O
calculators	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
currency	O
conversions	O
,	O
word	O
definitions	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
things	O
which	O
one	O
would	O
otherwise	O
have	O
to	O
open	O
a	O
site	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
notable	O
fork	B-Application
was	O
blootbot	B-Language
by	O
Tim	O
Riker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
it	O
was	O
merged	O
back	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
infobot	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
code	O
is	O
now	O
maintained	O
under	O
the	O
original	O
infobot	B-Language
name	O
by	O
Riker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
an	O
SQL	B-Language
back-end	O
such	O
as	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PGSQL	B-Application
,	O
or	O
SQLite	B-Language
to	O
store	O
factoids	O
.	O
</s>
