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Internet Engineering Task Force

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Also known as IETF

Open Internet standards organization

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Abbreviation
IETF
Formation
January 1986
Type
Non-profit Standards organization
Purpose
Creating voluntary standards to maintain and improve the usability and interoperability of the Internet
Parent organization
Internet Society
Website
ietf .org

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Official name
Internet Engineering Task Force
Official website
www.ietf.org
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Commons category
Internet Engineering Task Force
inception
1986-01-17
Stack Exchange tag
stackoverflow.com/tags/ietf
social media followers
15686
number of participants
2810
short name
IETF
source code repository URL
github.com/ietf
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The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet responsible for the technical standards of the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). It has no formal membership roster or requirements and all its participants are volunteers. Their work is usually funded by employers or other sponsors.

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