Almost. To split hairs a bit, "bis" literally means "twice, on two
occasions, in two
ways", although its usage and context more often indicates "second
reference", as you
say.
The use of "bis" in popular writing in the U.S.A has pretty much died out.
Its use in
RFCs probably reflects the academic background (or inclination) of RFC
authors.
Jonathan Hays
"Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote:
> >Has anyone ever noticed that certain RFCs have a bis version ?
> >
> >ie RFC 2547bis. Anyone know what that means ?
>
> "bis" is Latin, IIRC, for "second", and "ter" is third.
>
> Bis and ter are actually used in ITU/CCITT documents for revisions.
> The IETF only uses them informally: 2547bis is a name for the
> working draft of the next revision to RFC2547. When that draft
> becomes an RFC, it will get a new number.
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