Word info

request for comments

Noun

Meaning

request for comments (countable and uncountable, plural requests for comments)

A document which describes techniques or methods to obtain specified objectives. The name implies that the document is perfectible, yet, its publication is a strong invitation to follow the guidelines until an agreed modification replaces it.
Synonym: RFC

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The NFS is an open standard defined in Request for Comments (RFC), allowing anyone to implement the protocol. Source: Internet

RFC documents Standards The Domain Name System is defined by Request for Comments (RFC) documents published by the Internet Engineering Task Force ( Internet standards ). Source: Internet

Overview An Internet Standard is a Request for Comments (RFC) or a set of RFCs. Source: Internet

Resulting contributions and standards are published as Request for Comments (RFC) documents on the IETF web site. Source: Internet

Several additional Request for Comments have proposed extensions to the core DNS protocols. Source: Internet

S. Thomson, T. Narten, and T. Jinmei, ‘IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration’, Internet Request for Comments, vol. Source: Internet

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