Years ago when the internet was still a bunch of universities, the main few folks working in the network were often times tuning hardware like routers. I do not

Years ago when the internet was still a bunch of universities, the main few folks working in the network were often times tuning hardware like routers. I do not remember what the first rfc was about, but it was genuinely a "request for comments" document mailed it to others. Ever since then it stuck.