Network Working Group

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The Network Working Group was an early collaborative body of researchers and engineers that developed and documented foundational protocols and standards for the ARPANET, which evolved into today’s Internet.


Statements (32)
Predicate Object
instanceOf research collaboration
technical working group
associatedWith Advanced Research Projects Agency
United States Department of Defense
contributedTo design of packet-switched networking protocols
evolution of the Internet architecture
standardization of host-to-host communication on ARPANET
countryOfOrigin United States
developed early Internet protocols
foundational ARPANET protocols
documentationPractice iterative community review via RFCs
open publication of protocol specifications
field computer networking
computer science
internet engineering
influenced Internet Engineering Task Force
modern Internet standards
legacy established the RFC process
provided foundation for later Internet standards bodies
notableMember Jon Postel
Leonard Kleinrock
Steve Crocker
Vint Cerf
others ARPANET researchers and engineers
notableWork Request for Comments series
operatedOnNetwork ARPANET
parentOrganization ARPANET project
purpose to coordinate development of ARPANET protocols
to document network protocols and standards
timePeriod 1970s
late 1960s
usedMedium Request for Comments documents

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
RFC 1035
RFC 1350
publishedBy
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ("ARPANET Network Working Group")
governedBy
RFC 3417
organization
RFC
originatedBy
RFC 2419 ("IETF Network Working Group")
standardsBody

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