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Request for Comment

nounid 3860·updated Aug 30, 2026
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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.

MWE

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

Public95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Publicinfo90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

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

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
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.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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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