RFC
Short for Request For Comments, RFCs are notes that began being created on April 7, 1969. with the introduction of Host-to-Host and IMP software by Steve Crocker with the UCLA. RFC notes contain information about computer communication, network protocols, procedures, programs, etc... Each RFC has a unique number preceded by the letters RFC. If a revision needs to be made to a RFC a new number must be given to it. An example of a RFC is RFC2070, which is the Internationalization of the Hypertext Markup Language RFC.
- Additional information about RFC creation as well as listings of RFC's can be found at: http://www.rfc-editor.org/
Also see: BCP, IETF, IEN, RFP, RIPE notes, RTR, STD