RFC 1983 · INFORMATIONAL · 1996
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Internet Users' Glossary
Overview
RFC 1983, “Internet Users' Glossary”, is an Informational document published in August 1996 by G. Malkin. It obsoletes RFC 1392. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
There are many networking glossaries in existence. This glossary concentrates on terms which are specific to the Internet. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1996
- RFC 1982 Serial Number Arithmetic
- RFC 1984 IAB and IESG Statement on Cryptographic Technology and the Internet
- RFC 1981 Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
- RFC 1985 SMTP Service Extension for Remote Message Queue Starting
- RFC 1980 A Proposed Extension to HTML : Client-Side Image Maps
- RFC 1986 Experiments with a Simple File Transfer Protocol for Radio Links using Enhanced Trivial File Transfer Protocol
- RFC 1979 PPP Deflate Protocol
- RFC 1987 Ipsilon's General Switch Management Protocol Specification Version 1.1