A Request For Comment is a draft or working paper that is publicly discussed, e.g. on mailing lists.
s (Requests for Comments) are the official documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that specify the details for protocols included in the TCP/IP family. IETF has published over 4000 RFCs, all of which can be viewed at IETF.org, or RFC-Editor. RFI
An RFC is an Internet formal document or standard that is the result of committee drafting and subsequent review by interested parties.
Request for Comment, a Communication Documentation Method for the IETF
Request For Comment - A document describing an Internet protocol (e.g.: RFC1155 is the "core" document for SNMP).
A series of numbered international documents (such as RFC 2445, RFC 2446, and RFC 2447) that set standards that are voluntarily followed by Internet software developers. RFC standards are written informally by experts based on their technical experience and not by formal committees.
A document used by the IETF to describe the specifications for a recommended technology.
equest or omments. RFC is a set of documentations and specifications that describe several standards, e.g. protocols used on the Internet as e.g. TCP/IP.
Internet Engineering Task Force tool for socialising new ideas and developing standards. Regarded informally as "the rules" for the Internet (for more information, see here).
An online document containing proposals, standards, and other information regarding Internet technologies. RFCs are available by anonymous FTP from a variety of locations, including InterNIC's own ds.internic.net. They may also be requested by e-mail (
[email protected]) or by phone (800-444-4345). (8/97)
From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" ( 1999-07-23) The humble title of the memos which defined and still define the workings of the Interet. The Internet Engineering Task Force later developed a growing process for categorizing the status of RFCs, up to a level of "Internet Standard". Search for RFC
A published document that describes the specifications for a recommended technology. RFCs are used by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and other standards bodies. RFCs were first used during the creation of the protocols for the ARPAnet back in the 1970s.
Request For Clarification
A type of document that defines standards or provides information on various topics. Many Internet and networking standards are defined, as RFCs. RFCs are available through the Internet. Server A program that provides services to client programs. Different types of servers provide different types of services. For example, an FTP server allows an FTP client program to access files on that server. A Web server allows a Web client to view pages on that server, and gets information from that server.
Documents relating to the Internet system, protocols, proposals, etc. These documents are stored at FTP sites and are the basis for discussions about evolving Internet standards.
equests or omments. The documents which contain the standards and other information for the TCP/IP protocols and the Internet in general. Also, one such document. They are available at several sites through anonymous FTP.
a document which defines Internet operating protocols. It is more a statement of agreed standards than a request.
RFC (Request for Comments) are a set of proposals for specifications (and other things) that govern much of the day-to-day interaction on the Internet. If you are curious about RFCs, check out an RFC library e.g. RFC Editor.
Effectively the standards documents for the internet. To find out technical details about many of the terms in this glossary, look up the following RFCs. You will find them at http://www.rfc-editor.org/. 791=IP 793=TCP 1945=HTTP/1.0 2068=HTTP/1.1 2324=HTCPCP/1.0
Request for Comments. A specfication of an internet standard or protocol.
Request for Comments. A document that defines a standard. RFCs are published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and other working groups.
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Request for Comments. Formal specifications of the Internet protocols.
Request for Comments. Documents that define Internet standards and protocols, among other things. See http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/information/rfc.html or any Internet index.
(Request for Comments) Documents specifying some particular functionality for a data communications protocol available from the DDN Network Information Center.
Request For Comments. A standard document that is used to exchange information in the IETF about a specific protocol.
Request for Comments, there are the agreed upon standards with which all methods of communicating over the Internet are defined.
Request for Comments, the set of standards defining the Internet protocols as determined by the Internet Engineering Task Force ( IRTF) and the Internet Engineering Task Force ( IETF) and available in the public domain on the Internet. RFCs define the functions and services provided by each of the many Internet protocols. Compliance with the RFCs guarantees cross-vendor compatiblity.
Request For Comments Documents describing specifications and test methodologies controlled by the Internet Engineering Task Force ( IETF). All RFC s can be viewed on www. ietf.org/ rfc.
Request For Comment. A document used to publish networking related policies and protocols so that interested parties can submit comments and recommend changes. After a period of time, the RFC is adopted as a standard by the U.S. government and industry. Protocols such as TCP/IP and NFS have been defined by RFCs.
Request for comment. An RFC is the way that proposed changes to Internet architecture and function are submitted for discussion.
(Request for Comment) These are the technical documents that define the specification by which a networking protocol is implemented. Through the process of iteration, refinement and revision, we have arrived at several protocols through the RFCs. The RFCs have been superceded by the W3C recommendation procedure.
Request for Comments. The generic name given to a document in the set managed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The IETF is an industry consortium that acts as the clearinghouse for the technical standards that enable the Internet to function. Though RFC documents are not explicitly defined as standards, they are generally perceived as such. Most manufacturers and developers of Internet-based products and software adhere to them rigorously. A more complete definition is here and the RFCs themselves are here.
Request For Comment. Document series begun in 1969 describing the Internet suite of protocols and related experiments.
Request For Comments; the process of writing a document proposing a new standard for the Internet and then asking for the Net community to comment on it. The standard method for establishing rules and methods on the Internet.
Request for Comments, the IETF's name for its standards, recommendations, and technical notes. RFCs fall into two categories, Internet Standards and Informational RFCs; the PNG 1.0 specification was approved as one of the latter, which are less formal. As with most such bodies, the IETF recognizes other standards organizations such as the W3C and ISO, and it will refuse to accept a format or protocol for its own standardization process if another standards body has already done so for the same content.
Request for Comments: an Internet standard. The Internet is a collection of separate networks, and the RFC provides a mechanism for agreement on standards over all of them. This is as close to 'organised' as the Internet gets.
Request for Comments. A document (for example, RFC 1483, RFC 1577) describing proposals and standards for internetworking protocols, such as the Internet Protocol (IP).
Request For Comment. Refers to documents published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) proposing standard protocols and procedures for the Internet. RFCs can be found at www.ietf.org. RIP See Routing Information Protocol.
Request For Comments. The primary mechanism used by the IETF to publish documents, including standards. IMC's list of mail standards and drafts
Request For Comments - the name for an Internet standards- related specification.
Request For Comment. A series of notes, started in 1969, about the Internet (originally the ARPANET). The notes discuss many aspects of computer communication, focusing on IP networking protocols, procedures, programs, and concepts but also including meeting notes, opinion, and sometimes humour.
Request For Comments. Documents submitted to the IETF that describe Internet standards or proposed Internet standards.
"Request For Comment" a formally submitted document
Document used for creation of Internet and TCP/IP related standards.
Request for Comments. A series of documents that describe various technical aspects of the Internet.
Request For Comments. Documents used as the primary means for communicating information about the Internet. Most RFCs document protocol specifications such as Telnet and FTP. RFCs are available from the Internet Network Information Centers.
Request for Comments. An official document of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that specifies the details for protocols included in the TCP/IP family.
A document that was created to define accepted or proposed Internet standards or standards of practice. The acceptance of a document as an RFC is governed...
Request For Comments. RFC is a set of deliberately recognized standards. It is a set of indexed documents where each document focuses a particular area of network communication.
Internet Request for Comments. See http://www.isi.edu.
Request For Comment. Documents containing description of standards, protocol and services available on the net. See also: FYI (For Your Information), STD. [RFC 1392
Request for Comments. The document series maintained by the Inter-net community that records the protocols within the Internet and gives other information.
A Request for Comments (RFC; plurals Requests for Comments but RFCs) document is one of a series of numbered Internet informational documents and standards very widely followed by both commercial software and freeware in the Internet and Unix communities. They are now published under the aegis of the Internet Society (ISOC, an open organization whose mission is developing the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world) and its technical standards-setting bodies.
Documents outlining standards and procedures for the Internet. These numbered documents are controlled by the Internet Activities Board (IAB) and are available in hard-copy from the Defense Data Network, Network Information Center, (DDN/NIC) or electronically over the Internet.
(Request For Comment) - these a broad range of notes covering a variety of topics related to the Internet. RFCs are handled by the IETF and are archived at several sites.
Request for Comments (RFC) is a series of documents published by the Internet Society covering a wide range of Internet issues, especially Internet protocols and standards.
Request for Comments. A document of the IETF. Some RFCs become rules for how things work on the Internet.
A document that may specify a standard on the Internet. ( http://www.rfc-editor.org)(ES:RFC - (Petición de Comentarios), IT:RFC - (Request For Comments), FR:Document RFC)
Request For Comments. A document series, begun in 1969, which describes the Internet suite of protocols and related experiments. Not all (actually, very few) RFCs describe Internet standards, but all Internet standards are written up as RFCs. (8/97)
Request For Comments. A large collection of documents describing or proposing standards related to TCP/IP networking. Find them at various anonymous FTP sites such as ftp.uu.net.
Request For Comments. The Internet has no governing body or way to enforce standards. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a group of concerned Internet citizens who meet several times a year to discuss protocols and suggested behaviors. The documents that they produce are called RFC's, and these are essentially the road maps that the Information Super highway follows (rather than the other way around.)
Both the process utilized to create standards on the Internet and the result of that process. A new standard is first proposed and published online as a "Request For Comments." The Internet Engineering Task Force is a consensus-building body that facilitates the subsequent discussion. Eventually a new standard is established, the name for which retains the acronym "RFC." For example, the official standard for e-mail is RFC 822.
(Request For Comments) Documents containing ideas, techniques and standards for internet protocols. This huge collection of notes makes up the de facto standard for internet communication.
A proposal created by a working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force and provided to the general public as a draft for comment for the specific purpose of establishing standards on the Internet.
Request For Comments. Documents written as proposal for a standard on the internet. They do not always make it to standard, but the ones about SMTP* (RFC 821) and mail message structure (RFC 822) did.
Acronym for ``Request for Comments.'' The title given to an Internet protocol standards document. RFCs define all of the protocols in use on the international Internet network.
Request for Collaboration. Request for Collaboration (RFC) - A request for development engagement where Product Support Services (PSS) is technically blocked; also used to formalize and track support statement requests and to review proposed action plans. The request process was introduced to help reduce the time it takes to provide a solution to a customer. An RFC may become a DCR, CDCR, or hotfix request.
RFC - See Request for Collaboration.
Request for Comments. The documents that define the TCP/IP protocol suite.
Request For Comment. A document proposing a change or innovation in the structure, protocols or applications used on the Internet. These are the core documents through which the evolution of the Internet is discussed and decided. All RFCs are archived at rfc.net
Request for Comments are a series of notes about the Internet and proposed technologies and/or proposed evolution of existing technologies. Proposals are reviewed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (http://www.ietf.org/) and eventually a new standard is established based on IETF reccomendations.
Request for Change. Form, or screen, used to record details of a request for a Change to any CI within an infrastructure or to procedures and items associated with the infrastructure.
Request for comments. Format in which TCP/IP standards are published. Also provides insight into and describes the workings of the IETF organization.
Request For Comment, internet series of publications.
Request For Comments. Usually, procedures or standards documents submitted to the Internet community. People can send comments on the technologies before they become accepted standards.
Request For Comment: The development of TCP/IP standards, procedures and specifications is done via this mechanism. RFCs are documents that progress through several development stages, under the control of IETF, until they are finalized or discarded.
Request for Comments. TCP/IP set of standards.
Requests for Comments, started in 1969, form a series of notes about the Internet (originally the ARPANET). The notes discuss many aspects of computer communication, focusing on networking protocols, procedures, programs, and concepts, but also include meeting notes, opinions, and sometimes humor. The RFC Editor is the publisher of RFCs and is responsible for the final editorial review of the documents. The RFC Editor also maintains a master file of RFCs, the RFC index, that you can search online here. The specification documents of the Internet protocol suite, as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and its steering group, the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), are published as RFCs. Thus, the RFC publication process plays an important role in the Internet standards process. Go to the following URL for details: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios103/mib_doc/80516.htm#xtocid13
Request for comments. One of the numbered standards governing the Internet. See the technical and organisational notes at the RFC website for more information.
Request For Comments. A series of technical documents written during the evolution of the Internet. Among other things, the official documentation of Internet standards are defined in different RFCs. These documents are free and are widely available.
Request for Comments, a series of notes about the Internet, started in 1969. An RFC can be submitted by anyone. Eventually, if it gains enough interest, it may evolve into an Internet standard. Each RFC is designated by an RFC number. Once published, an RFC never changes. Modifications to an original RFC are assigned a new RFC number.
Request for Comments. An RFC is a series of notes on topics concerning the Internet. RFCs can be purely informational, or they can specify a proposed, draft, or approved Internet standard. Online versions of RFCs are available at the following URL: http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html
Request for Comments. A technical policy document of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF); these documents can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.ietf.org/.
n. An internet Request For Comments document, available by ftp from ds.internic.net and many other sites.
Request For Comments. A document published by the InterNIC, describing a proposed Internet standard.
In the Internet community, Request For Comments are the working notes of the Internet research and development community. These documents contain protocol and model descriptions, experimental results, and reviews. All Internet standard protocols are written up as RFCs.
Request for Change – form or screen to record details of a request for change to a CI/CI's associated with the infrastructure or service
Request for Comment. A Request for Comment (RFC) is the process of establishing a standard on the Internet. Discussion of the proposed standard on the Internet is facilitated by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Once approved, the standard receives a unique number which identifies it; e.g., RFC See http://www.isi.edu/rfc-editor/. and http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html
The Internet's Request for Comments documents series: The RFCs are working notes of the Internet research and development community. A document in this series may be on essentially any topic related to computer communication, and may be anything from a meeting report to the specification of a standard.
Internet documentation for new services and protocols start with a Request For Comments (or RFC) and evolve into a Standards Document (or STD).
Request for Comments. The document series, begun in 1969, that describes the Internet suite of protocols and related experiments. The name comes from bureaucratspeak-as do its government procurement cousins RFQ (Request for Quote) and RFP (Request for Purchase). Not all (in fact very few) RFC's describe Internet standards, but all Internet standards are written up as RFCs. The RFC series of documents is unusual in that the proposed protocols are forwarded by the Internet research and development community; acting on their own behalf, as opposed to the formally reviewed and standardized protocols that are promoted by organizations such as CCITT and ANSI. See also For Your Information, STD. WWWebfx Home Page
Request for Comments. In the Internet community, RFCs are a numbered sequence of documents generally describing protocols for Internet communication. An Internet standard protocol is also given a STD number in addition to an RFC number. Only RFCs with a STD number are standards of the IETF. Some RFCs are historical or experimental and are not standards. Others have not yet reached standard status. Still others provide documentation about the Internet itself.
(Request For Comments) Internet standards proposed and created through consensus and published by The Internet Engineering Task Force
Request for Comments. A method used by standards groups to solicit, document, seek agreement and finally publish standards.
The documents that contain the protocols, standards and information that define the internet. Gathered and published by the Internet Engineering Task Force, a consensus-building body made up of institutions and corporations involved with online communications, they are preceded by RFC and followed by a number. RFC archives can be found at InterNIC.
Request for Comment. The series of documents that formalize protocols within the Internet (TCP/IP-based) community are referred to as RFC, the last phase in the formal standardization process before the document is made official. RFCs are published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Request For Comments. A process for creating standards on the Internet, where new standards are proposed and marked as Request For Comments. Discussion and eventual adoption of new standards evolve from the proposals.
Request For Comments. The name given to discussion and documentation papers for Internet standards.
Request For Comments. A formal document created and reviewed by members of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Some RFCs become Internet standards, and some are informational.
(Request for Comments). The name of the result and the process for creating a standard on the Internet. A new standard is proposed and published as a "Request For Comments." If the standard is established, the reference number/name for the standard retains the acronym "RFC." For example, the official standard for FTP is RFC 959.
Request for Comments A rather strange name for the written Internet standards developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force, IETF. These standards include service protocols like news and e-mail, as well as network protocols like SLIP and PPP.
Request For Comments. RFCs are used to reach agreement on Internet standards. A document (RFC) presenting a proposal for a new standard is published for comments. After taking appropriate actions on the comments a new version of the RFC is published for more comments. At some stage it is agreed to go with a particular RFC and those responsible start implementing. Thus an RFC can be a proposal or an agreed standard. There are also RFCs which provide background information on a particular subject. All RFCs can be viewed on the Internet.
Request for Comments. Online documents that have to do with technical standards for the Internet.
(Request for Comments) - The process for creating a standard on the Internet and the name of the result. New standards are proposed and published online, as a Request for Comments. Any new standards that are established retain the acronym RFC. For example, the official standard for email is RFC 822. See Also: Email, Internet
(Request For Comments) A Document series used as the primary means for communicating information about the Internet.
Request For Comment (Internet standards)
Request For Comment (standards Internet)
A document submitted to the Internet governing board to propose Internet standards or to document information about the Internet.
Request For Comments, a method by which standards (sic) are proposed and agreed, usually with reference to the Internet.
Request for Comments; a document and process of standardization from the IETF.
Request For Comments. The set of technical rules that define the proper operation of the Internet. Throw in "The RFCs say you're wrong" to win an argument.
Request For Comments, one of a series of formal documents edited and managed by the IAB. RFCs are the primary means of communicating information about the Internet, its technical standards and protocols, its history and culture.
Request For Comments. Document series used as the primary means for communicating information about the Internet. Some RFCs are designated by the IAB as Internet standards. Most RFCs document protocol specifications such as Telnet and FTP, but some are humorous or historical. RFCs are available online from numerous sources.
New standards are proposed and published on the Internet as a Request For Comments. All such proposals are reviewed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (http://www.ietf.org/). IETF is a consensus-building body that facilitates discussion so that new standards can be established. RFC is the name of the result and the process for creating a standard on the Internet. Example: The official standard for e-mail message formats is RFC 822.
Request for Comments. Working documents of the Internet research and development community. These documents cover a range of topics related to computer communications ranging from Internet working group reports through to Internet standards specifications.
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Request For Comment - a request to a supplier.
RFC stands for Request for Comments and are a framework for Internet procesures, and are always a work in progress. Every Internet procedure such as WWW, FTP, Archie, etc, has an RFC.
Request For Comments; technical note series which began in 1969 describing DARPA and Internet research and development, particularly in the areas of protocol design and internetworking. Not all (in fact very few) RFCs describe Internet standards, but all Internet standards are written up as RFCs.
(Request For Comments) started in 1969, a series of informal notes and standards that guide the development of the Internet. An RFC can be submitted by anyone.
(Request for Comments) RFC documents describe standards used or proposed for the Internet. Each RFC is identified by a number, such as RFC 1700. The Internet Engineering Task Force maintains RFCs on the World Wide Web, at www.ietf.org/rfc.html.
Request For Comments. The document series, begun in 1969, which describes the Internetsuite of protocols and related experiments. Not all (in fact veryfew) RFCs describe Internet standards, but all Internet standardsare written up as RFCs. The RFC series of documents is unusual inthat the proposed protocols are forwarded by the Internet researchand development community, acting on their own behalf, as opposedto the formally reviewed and standardized protocols that arepromoted by organizations such as CCITT and ANSI. See also: ForYour Information, STD. Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne (RARE)
See: Request For Comments RFC 822
Request for Comments. Internet standard specifications published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Request for clean-up, see WT:RFC
Request For Comments, is a document, written by groups or individuals involved in Internet development, that describes agreed-upon standards or proposes new standards for Internet protocols. For example, the rules for electronic mail message composition are specified in the document RFC 822.
(Request For Comments) -- The name of the result and the process for creating a standard on the Internet. New standards are proposed and published on line, as a Request For Comments. The Internet Engineering Task Force is a consensus-building body that facilitates discussion, and eventually a new standard is established, but the reference number/name for the standard retains the acronym RFC, e.g. the official standard for e-mail is RFC 822.
