RFC 20 · INTERNET STANDARD · 1969 MON · 14 SEP 2026

ASCII format for network interchange

By V.G. Cerf · Published October 1969 · DOI 10.17487/RFC0020

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RFC 20, “ASCII format for network interchange”, is an Internet Standard document published in October 1969 by V.G. Cerf. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

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