It stands for Request for Startups, which is a wink and nod (reference) to documents that describe internet standards, which are called RFC. For example, the do

It stands for Request for Startups, which is a wink and nod (reference) to documents that describe internet standards, which are called RFC. For example, the document that lays out the HTTP protocol is RFC2616 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616 What does RFC stand for? "Request for Comments". Presumably, because standards have to be reviewed by other people and get their feedback. I assume the spirit is same here.