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Can anybody tell me meaning of term RFC 2396 it's related with the NSURL or something?

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RFC 2396 describes the syntax and format of a URI.

Wikipedia has a good overview over the sequence of RFC that defined and refined the URI spec.

The term RFC itself stands for Request for Comments, which sounds like it is a mere proposal, but most of them actually end up being the official industry standard.


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RFC stands for request for proposal .... which sets standard for various networking phenomenon

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request for comments, actually. –  Thilo Dec 13 '10 at 6:16
... and it sets standards for lots of other things too ... and you've ignored the 2396 part of the question ... –  EJP Dec 13 '10 at 8:28
i went by its natural meaning ... they are rather proposals –  Ashish Yadav Dec 13 '10 at 13:48
What 'natural meaning'? RFC stands for 'Request for Comment'. Period. –  EJP Dec 15 '10 at 1:46
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