What Does Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Mean?

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an open standards organization that deals with Internet standards and cooperates with International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards. IETF deals particularly with TCP/IP standards and the IP suite.

Techopedia Explains Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

The IETF is one of the main Internet standards organizations in the world. It is composed of network engineers, designers, developers and researchers. The first official meeting of the IETF was conducted in 1986.