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RFC 3092, "Etymology of "Foo"", April 2001

Errata ID: 1454
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Frank Ellermann
Date Reported: 2008-06-15
Verifier Name: Nevil Brownlee
Date Verified: 2010-04-03

Section Appendix says:

   | 2818 |  X  |  X  |         |       | 190 |
   | 2828 |     |  X  |    X    |       | 191 |
   | 2830 |  X  |     |         |       | 192 |
   | 2831 |  X  |  X  |    X    |       | 193 |
   | 2839 |     |  X  |         |       | 194 |
   | 2846 |  X  |  X  |         |       | 195 |
   | 2853 |     |  X  |         |       | 196 |
   | 2863 |     |  X  |         |       | 197 |
   | 2910 |     |  X  |    X    |       | 198 |
   | 2912 |     |  X  |    X    |       | 199 |
   | 2915 |     |  X  |         |       | 200 |
   | 2926 |     |     |    X    |       | 201 |
   | 2942 |     |  X  |         |       | 202 |
   | 2965 |     |  X  |         |       | 203 |
   | 2967 |  X  |  X  |    X    |       | 204 |
   | 2970 |     |  X  |         |       | 205 |
   | 2993 |  X  |  X  |         |       | 206 |
   | 3010 |  X  |  X  |         |       | 207 |
   | 3023 |     |  X  |         |       | 208 |
   | 3028 |     |  X  |         |       | 209 |
   | 3075 |  X  |  X  |         |       | 210 |
   | 3080 |     |  X  |         |       | 211 |
   | 3092 |  X  |  X  |    X    |   X   | 212 |
   +------+-----+-----+---------+-------+-----+
   | RFC# | bar | foo | foo.bar | fubar |  #  |

It should say:

   | 2818 |  X  |  X  |         |       | 190 |
   | 2821 |  X  |  X  |         |       | 191 |
   | 2828 |     |  X  |    X    |       | 192 |
   | 2830 |  X  |     |         |       | 193 |
   | 2831 |  X  |  X  |    X    |       | 194 |
   | 2839 |     |  X  |         |       | 195 |
   | 2846 |  X  |  X  |         |       | 196 |
   | 2853 |     |  X  |         |       | 197 |
   | 2863 |     |  X  |         |       | 198 |
   | 2910 |     |  X  |    X    |       | 199 |
   | 2912 |     |  X  |    X    |       | 200 |
   | 2915 |     |  X  |         |       | 201 |
   | 2926 |     |     |    X    |       | 202 |
   | 2942 |     |  X  |         |       | 203 |
   | 2965 |     |  X  |         |       | 204 |
   | 2967 |  X  |  X  |    X    |       | 205 |
   | 2970 |     |  X  |         |       | 206 |
   | 2993 |  X  |  X  |         |       | 207 |
   | 3010 |  X  |  X  |         |       | 208 |
   | 3023 |     |  X  |         |       | 209 |
   | 3028 |     |  X  |         |       | 210 |
   | 3075 |  X  |  X  |         |       | 211 |
   | 3080 |     |  X  |         |       | 212 |
   | 3092 |  X  |  X  |    X    |   X   | 213 |
   +------+-----+-----+---------+-------+-----+
   | RFC# | bar | foo | foo.bar | fubar |  #  |

Notes:

RFC 2821 contains foo.com (34 occurences), bar.com (18 occurences),
bar.org (5 occurences), foo.org (4 occurences), and one foo-u.edu.

Errata ID: 8748
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Sander Steffann
Date Reported: 2026-02-08
Verifier Name: RFC Editor
Date Verified: 2026-03-02

Section 3 says:

FOO:

      Forward Observation Observer.

It should say:

FOO:

      Forward Observation Officer.

Notes:

Earlier text in this RFC mentions that FOO can refer to “ Forward Observation Officer”. This makes more sense than “ Forward Observation Observer”.

-- VERIFIER NOTES --
The reference entry [JARGON] points to a glossary with this entry: http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foo.html. It uses “Forward Observation Officer”.

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