Re: what does 'bis' mean in RFC title?

From: Josef Moellers <josef.moellers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:45:57 +0200

Binary wrote:

Hi,

I am checking some RFC docs, I noticed there are such 'bis-05' or
RFCxxxxbis, what does 'bis' mean in such environment?

"bis" means "twice" in (ancient) Latin, so this may point into the direction that there exists/existed an RFCxxxx and RFCxxxbis is the "second flush" ;-)

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