Changes: Internet Engineering Task Force

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The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an open international body mostly comprised of volunteers who make technical and other contributions to the engineering and evolution of the Internet and its technologies. Internet users express their opinions on how the Internet should operate to the IETF. The IETF meets three times a year to discuss the Internet's operational and technical problems. If a problem deserves special attention, the IETF sets up a working group to discuss it. The working group eventually issues a report or recommendation, which can be either voluntarily accepted by the IETF or sent to the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) to be declared a standard.

The work of the IETF is coordinated by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) and the IAB which are affiliated with the Internet Society.

Among the key technical standards the IETF has worked on is the next generation of the Internet Protocol (IP), the foundation of the Internet — IP Version 6 (IPv6).

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-The '''Internet Engineering Task Force''' ('''IETF''') is an open international body mostly comprised of volunteers who make technical and other contributions to the engineering and evolution of the internet and its technologies. Internet users express their opinions on how the Internet should operate to the IETF. The IETF meets three times a year to discuss the Internet's operational and technical problems. If a problem deserves special attention, the IETF sets up a working group to discuss it. The working group eventually issues a report or recommendation, which can be either voluntarily accepted by the IETF or sent to the [[Internet Architecture Board]] ([[IAB]]) to be declared a standard.
+The '''Internet Engineering Task Force''' ('''IETF''') is an open international body mostly comprised of volunteers who make technical and other contributions to the engineering and evolution of the [[Internet]] and its technologies. [[Internet user]]s express their opinions on how the [[Internet]] should operate to the IETF. The IETF meets three times a year to discuss the [[Internet]]'s operational and technical problems. If a problem deserves special attention, the IETF sets up a working group to discuss it. The working group eventually issues a report or recommendation, which can be either voluntarily accepted by the IETF or sent to the [[Internet Architecture Board]] ([[IAB]]) to be declared a standard.
 The work of the IETF is coordinated by the [[Internet Engineering Steering Group]] ([[IESG]]) and the [[IAB]] which are affiliated with the [[Internet Society]].
-Among the key technical standards the IETF has worked on is the next generation of the Internet Protocol (IP), the foundation of the Internet. IP Version 6 (IPv6).
+Among the key technical standards the [[IETF]] has worked on is the next generation of the [[Internet Protocol]] ([[IP]]), the foundation of the [[Internet]] &mdash; [[IP Version 6]] ([[IPv6]]).
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