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- A new For Your Information (FYI) Request for Comments is now available
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- FYI 20:
- RFC 1462:
-
- Title: FYI on "What is the Internet?"
- Author: E. Krol & E. Hoffman
- Mailbox: e-krol@uiuc.edu, ellen@merit.edu
- Pages: 11
- Characters: 27,811
- Updates/Obsoletes: none
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- This FYI RFC answers the question, "What is the Internet?" and is
- produced by the User Services Working Group (USWG) of the Internet
- Engineering Task Force (IETF). Containing a modified chapter from Ed
- Krol's 1992 book, "The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog," the
- paper covers the Internet's definition, history, administration,
- protocols, financing, and current issues such as growth,
- commercialization, and privatization. We would like to thank O'Reilly
- & Associates for permission to reprint the chapter for use in this FYI
- RFC.
-
- This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
- not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is
- unlimited.
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- Joyce K. Reynolds
- USC/Information Sciences Institute
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