RFC

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. Request for Comments — a formal document published by the IETF or used internally by engineering teams to propose, discuss, and document technical standards, protocols, or architectural decisions.

    In plain English: A written proposal that says 'here is my idea, please poke holes in it' — used both for internet standards and company-internal design docs.

    Example: "She wrote an RFC proposing we migrate from REST to gRPC, and it sparked a 200-comment thread."

Related Terms