Request for Comment

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A series of notes about the Internet, started in 1969 (when the Internet was the ARPANET). An Internet Document can be submitted to the IETF by anyone, but the IETF decides if the document becomes an RFC. Eventually, if it gains enough interest, it may evolve into an Internet standard.

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acronym: RFC
plural: Request for Comments
possessive: Request for Comment's
pluralpossessive: Request for Comments'

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