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Open internet standards organization
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet responsible for the technical standards of the Internet protocol
Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet_Engineering_Task_Force
Internet governance organization
related to the Internet. A parallel organization, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), focuses on the shorter term issues of engineering and standards
Internet_Research_Task_Force
reserved Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. In the Internet addressing architecture, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Assigned
List_of_reserved_IP_addresses
Fourth version of the Internet Protocol
Gont (July 2011). Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol Version 4. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC6274. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 6274
IPv4
Version 6 of the Internet Protocol
on networks and routes traffic across the Internet. IPv6 was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to deal with the long-anticipated
IPv6
Internet protocol
every peer which will connect must be manually maintained. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) originally defined IKE in November 1998 in a series
Internet_Key_Exchange
Internet routing system
Support for Four-Octet Autonomous System (AS) Number Space. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC6793. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 6793. Proposed Standard
Autonomous_system_(Internet)
Internet development organization
chapters, organization members, and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The IETF comprised the Internet Society's volunteer base. Its leadership
Internet_Society
Label to identify a network interface of a computer or other network node
determine equivalence. For mitigation of these complications, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has defined a canonical format for rendering IPv6 addresses
IPv6_address
Method for IP address allocation and routing
routing. The Internet Engineering Task Force introduced CIDR in 1993 to replace the previous classful network addressing architecture on the Internet. Its goal
Classless Inter-Domain Routing
Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing
Application layer protocol
eds. (June 2022). HTTP/1.1. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC9112. ISSN 2070-1721. STD 99. RFC 9112. Internet Standard 99. Obsoletes RFC 7230
HTTP
Open standard for authorization
the OAuth Core 1.0 final draft was released. At the 73rd Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting in Minneapolis in November 2008, an OAuth BoF
OAuth
Type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS)
"Canonicalization". Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support. Internet Engineering Task Force. sec. 5.2.2. doi:10.17487/RFC1123. STD
CNAME_record
Group or formation established to work on a single defined task or activity
dissolved once their work is finished. Internet Engineering Task Force Joint task force Kampfgruppe Space Task Group Task management Robinson, Colin D. (January
Task_force
Cryptographic protocols for securing data in transit
often seen when it applies to both versions. TLS is a proposed Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard, first defined in 1999, and the current version
Transport_Layer_Security
Protocol for delivering audio and video over IP networks
developed by the Audio-Video Transport Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and first published in 1996 as RFC 1889, which was then
Real-time_Transport_Protocol
Numerical label used to identify a network interface in an IP network
organizations prompted the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to explore new technologies to expand addressing capability on the Internet. The result was a
IP_address
Publication of the development and standards for the Internet
development and standards-setting bodies for the Internet, most prominently the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). An RFC is authored by individuals or
Request_for_Comments
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that uses the urn scheme
Consortium (W3C) and Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). A URI is a string of characters used to identify or name a resource on the internet. URIs are used
Uniform_Resource_Name
List of humorous technical standards proposals
in the context of Internet governance, is a type of publication from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Society (ISOC), usually
April Fools' Day Request for Comments
April_Fools'_Day_Request_for_Comments
names that partially conflict with publicly assigned ones. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has submitted several requests for comments on TLDs
List of Internet top-level domains
List_of_Internet_top-level_domains
Access control method for the HTTP network communication protocol
Internet Engineering Task Force. sec. 2.1. doi:10.17487/RFC7617. RFC 7617. The 'Basic' HTTP Authentication Scheme. Internet Engineering Task Force. September
Basic_access_authentication
American Internet Society advisory body
The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) is a committee of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and an advisory body of the Internet Society (ISOC)
Internet_Architecture_Board
Domain at the highest level of the DNS hierarchy
Routing Parameter Area. It is managed by IANA on behalf of the Internet Engineering Task Force for various purposes specified in the Request for Comments
Top-level_domain
Global system of connected computer networks
non-profit Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The word internetted was used as early as 1849, meaning interconnected or interwoven. The word Internet was
Internet
Multimedia information signaling
2021). RTP-Mixer Formatting of Multiparty Real-Time Text. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC9071. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 9071. Proposed Standard
RTP_payload_formats
Private Internet domain for application use
System (DNS) of the Internet. The domain has yet to be standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), though an Internet-Draft describing the
.internal
Data-interchange format
13, 2017, the Internet Engineering Task Force obsoleted RFC 7159 when it published RFC 8259, which is the current version of the Internet Standard STD
JSON
Decentralized social networking protocol
specifications are in the process of standardization within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Further specifications—including data schemas, identity
AT_Protocol
Networking protocol for clock synchronization
Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC5905. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 5905. Proposed Standard
Network_Time_Protocol
April Fool's joke about facetious communications protocol
controlling, monitoring, and diagnosing coffee pots. As part of Internet Engineering Task Force's Request for Comments, RFC 2324 is published on 1 April 1998
Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol
Hyper_Text_Coffee_Pot_Control_Protocol
Authenticated encryption with associated data algorithm
ChaCha20, Poly1305, and Their Use in the Internet Key Exchange Protocol (IKE) and IPsec. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC7634. ISSN 2070-1721
ChaCha20-Poly1305
Protocol in the Internet protocol suite used with IPv6
IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC8106. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 8106. Proposed Standard
Neighbor_Discovery_Protocol
Number of standards related to cryptography
The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3. Internet Engineering Task Force TLS workgroup. doi:10.17487/RFC8446. RFC 8446. Proposed Standard
Cryptography_standards
Secure network protocol suite
the basis for most initial commercial implementations. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) formed the IP Security Working Group in 1992 to standardize
IPsec
Address on the World Wide Web
inventor of the World Wide Web, and the URI working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), as an outcome of collaboration started at the IETF
URL
Network protocol that provides file management over any reliable data stream
management over any reliable data stream. It was designed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as an extension of the Secure Shell protocol (SSH) version
SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol
Protocol for communicating routing information on the Internet
2023). Distribution of Link-State and Traffic Engineering Information Using BGP. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC9552. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC
Border_Gateway_Protocol
Set of reserved Internet domain names
System of the Internet for special purposes. The designation of a reserved special-use domain is authorized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and
Special-use_domain_name
JSON subset for geospatial data
specification was finalized in June 2008. In April 2015 the Internet Engineering Task Force founded the Geographic JSON working group which released GeoJSON
GeoJSON
DNS server for reverse lookups of invalid IP ranges
Domain names - implementation and specification (Report). Internet Engineering Task Force. November 1987. Huitema, Christian; Crawford, Matt (July 2000)
Blackhole_server
128-bit number used to identify information in computer systems
Interconnection – Remote Procedure Call". In July 2005, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) published the Standards-Track RFC 4122., which also
Universally_unique_identifier
Highest maturity level in the IETF standards track (STD series)
Internet Standard (often abbreviated STD) is the highest maturity level in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards track for Internet protocol
Internet_Standard
Application Programming Interface for user provisioning
ensure that endpoint's compliance with the SCIM standard. Internet Engineering Task Force, Network Working Group (May 11, 2015). System for Cross-Domain
System for Cross-domain Identity Management
System_for_Cross-domain_Identity_Management
Alternate method of user authentication
Bradley, John; Sakimura, Nat (May 2015). "JSON Web Token (JWT)". Internet Engineering Task Force. Retrieved 20 October 2024. Jones, Michael B.; Bradley, John;
Personal_access_token
Protocols and procedures to combat caller ID spoofing
series of RFC standards documents by a Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force. It works by adding a digital certificate to the Session Initiation
STIR/SHAKEN
Communications protocol
(January 2012). Datagram Transport Layer Security Version 1.2. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC6347. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 6347. Obsolete.
Datagram Transport Layer Security
Datagram_Transport_Layer_Security
Text after the # in a resource URI
"RFC 3986 Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax". Internet Engineering Task Force. January 2005. Retrieved 2012-03-06. R. Fielding, Ed., Adobe;
URI_fragment
Size of largest allowed packet on a network segment
(July 2017). Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC8200. STD 86. RFC 8200. Internet Standard
Maximum_transmission_unit
Smallest message entity exchanged using Internet Protocol version 6
(July 2017). Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC8200. STD 86. RFC 8200. Internet Standard
IPv6_packet
Computer network management and monitoring protocol
security. SNMP is a component of the Internet Protocol Suite as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It consists of a set of standards
Simple Network Management Protocol
Simple_Network_Management_Protocol
Internet standard for posting security contact information
In April 2022, the security.txt file has been accepted by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as RFC 9116. security.txt files can be served under
Security.txt
the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), and the Internet Research
History_of_the_Internet
Overview of resource records permissible in zone files of the Domain Name System
S/MIME". Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC8162. Retrieved 17 October 2018. "Domain Name System (DNS) Parameters". Internet Assigned Numbers
List_of_DNS_record_types
was developed within the SPRING an IPv6 working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as an extension of source routing concepts for IP and
Segment_routing
Technology discipline within engineering
2001). Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture (Report). Internet Engineering Task Force. Filsfils, Clarence; Previdi, Stefano; Ginsberg, Les; Decraene
Computer_network_engineering
Concurrent IPv4 and IPv6 algorithm
Eyeballs Version 2: Better Connectivity Using Concurrency. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC8305. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 8305. Proposed Standard
Happy_Eyeballs
Network protocol used by the Web
called httpbis, where "bis" means "twice" in Latin) of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). HTTP/2 is the first new version of HTTP since HTTP/1
HTTP/2
Internet top-level domain
subdomains are infrequently added by the Internet Engineering Task Force. Each computer using the Internet Protocol is identified by a numerical IP address
.arpa
Internet protocol used for error messages in network operations
Gont (May 2012). Deprecation of ICMP Source Quench Messages. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC6633. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 6633. Proposed Standard
Internet Control Message Protocol
Internet_Control_Message_Protocol
Level of performance in engineering and information technology
since techniques and tools are continually evolving. The Internet Engineering Task Force publishes Best Current Practice documents in a numbered document
Best_current_practice
Group of Timezones
and Support". Internet Engineering Task Force. Resnick, Pete (1 April 2001). "Internet Message Format". Internet Engineering Task Force. "Military" time
Military_time_zone
IETF network protocol
WhatsApp". Engineering at Meta. 2025-04-29. Retrieved 2025-09-20. Schinazi, David (2025-07-07). "The MASQUE Proxy". Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Oblivious_HTTP
Messaging protocol
messages. It is maintained by the MLS working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and is designed to provide an efficient and practical
Messaging_Layer_Security
System of laws, policies and practices
and standardization of the Internet's core protocols (IPv4 and IPv6) is an activity of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a non-profit organization
Internet_governance
Framework for communication protocols used in IP networking
underlying the Internet protocol suite and its constituent protocols are maintained by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The Internet protocol suite
Internet_protocol_suite
American computer programmer
the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) by the Internet Engineering Task Force in 2004, and variations of XMPP have since been implemented
Jeremie_Miller
Form of URLs used as persistent identifiers
identifier's likelihood of persistence. Throughout the 1990s, the Internet Engineering Task Force and other organizations developed standards for persistent
Archival_Resource_Key
String used to identify a name of a web or internet resource
represent the latter. In July 1992 Berners-Lee's report on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) "UDI (Universal Document Identifiers) BOF" mentions
Uniform_Resource_Identifier
Internet Engineering Task Force RFC 4082, 2005. H. Krawczyk, M. Bellare and R. Canetti, “HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication”, Internet Engineering
Ran_Canetti
Networking concept
was estimated to be $2.1 Billion in 2021. In April 2019, the Internet Engineering Task Force published RFC 8572 Secure Zero Touch Provisioning (SZTP) as
Zero-touch_provisioning
Swedish software developer
work on cURL as full-time as possible. He is active in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a member of the working groups for the HTTP/2 and QUIC
Daniel_Stenberg
Feistel network based block cipher
in the Internet". NTT. July 20, 2005. A. Kato; M. Kanda; S. Kanno (June 2010). Camellia Cipher Suites for TLS. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10
Camellia_(cipher)
IPv4 to IPv6 transition technology
the current IPv4. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) conducts working groups and discussions through the IETF Internet Drafts and Request for
List of IPv6 transition mechanisms
List_of_IPv6_transition_mechanisms
Logical identifier addressing a specific group of devices on a network
Handley, M (January 2021). SDP: Session Description Protocol. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC8866. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 8866. Proposed Standard
Multicast_address
Computer communications authentication algorithm
Considerations for the MD5 Message-Digest and the HMAC-MD5 Algorithms. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC6151. RFC 6151. Informational. Updates RFC 2104
HMAC
Special purpose IPv4 network
Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) to allocate new private address space for CGNs. ARIN, however, deferred to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) before
IPv4_shared_address_space
API that supports browser-to-browser communication
been published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). ICE, STUN and TURN are the NAT traversal techniques
WebRTC
American internet pioneer
Intelligence Systems and author or coauthor of 26 of the Internet Engineering Task Force's Requests for Comments. Masinter, who was raised in San Antonio
Larry_Masinter
System to identify resources on a network
in 1983 while at the University of Southern California. The Internet Engineering Task Force published the original specifications in RFC 882 and RFC 883
Domain_Name_System
IPv4 address for multiple purposes
(October 1989). RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Communication Layers. Internet Engineering Task Force. Retrieved 21 June 2025. M. Cotton; L.
0.0.0.0
Implementation of SSL and TLS protocols
Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Heartbeat Extension. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC6520. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 6520. Proposed Standard
OpenSSL
Mechanism to allow IPv6 hosts to communicate with IPv4 servers
(October 2010). IPv6 Addressing of IPv4/IPv6 Translators. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC6052. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 6052. Proposed Standard
NAT64
Network protocol for mapping ports
forwarding, and is part of an ISO/IEC Standard rather than an Internet Engineering Task Force standard. Applications using peer-to-peer networks, multiplayer
Internet Gateway Device Protocol
Internet_Gateway_Device_Protocol
British internet engineer
British Internet engineer and a former chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), and the Internet Society
Brian_Carpenter_(engineer)
Suite of IETF specifications
specifications by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for securing data exchanged in the Domain Name System (DNS) in Internet Protocol (IP) networks
Domain Name System Security Extensions
Domain_Name_System_Security_Extensions
Proposal to carry IP traffic by birds
Carriers was initially described in RFC 1149 issued by the Internet Engineering Task Force, written by David Waitzman, and released on April 1, 1990. It is
IP_over_Avian_Carriers
Planned royalty-free video codec
"NETVC BoF" (PDF). Internet Engineering Task Force. 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2015-08-06. "NETVC IETF 93". Internet Engineering Task Force. Retrieved 2015-08-11
NETVC
DNS record type
(SPF) for Authorizing Use of Domains in Email, Version 1. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC7208. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 7208. Proposed Standard
TXT_record
Namespace identifier assigned by IANA
icap – Internet Content Adaptation Protocol mtqp – Message Tracking Query Protocol (RFC 3887) wss – Encrypted WebSocket connections Internet Engineering Task
List_of_URI_schemes
Computer network routing protocol
Digital Equipment Corporation as part of DECnet Phase V. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) published an IS-IS specification in 1990, but that RFC
IS-IS
Internet-like structure connecting everyday physical objects
(TCP), Internet Engineering Task Force, archived from the original on 17 December 2022, retrieved 20 December 2022 User Datagram Protocol, Internet Engineering
Internet_of_things
Plain text markup language
extensions. S. Leonard (March 2016). The text/markdown Media Type. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC7763. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 7763. Informational
Markdown
Voice-over-IP communications protocol
telecommunications industry. SIP has been standardized primarily by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), while other protocols, such as H.323, have traditionally
Session_Initiation_Protocol
Network event logging system and protocol
implementations existed, some of which were incompatible. The Internet Engineering Task Force documented the status quo in RFC 3164 in August 2001. It was
Syslog
File indicating parts for web crawling
the Robots Exclusion Protocol as an official standard under Internet Engineering Task Force. A proposed standard was published in September 2022 as RFC
Robots.txt
Basic data transfer unit associated with a packet-switched network
fragment a datagram into several smaller packets. In 1999, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) sanctioned the use of the already largely deployed network
Datagram
Standard for booting from a server
Thaler (September 2010). DHCPv6 Options for Network Boot. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC5970. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 5970. Proposed Standard
Preboot_Execution_Environment
Very basic transfer protocol over UDP
1123. Internet Engineering Task Force. October 1989. doi:10.17487/RFC1123. Retrieved 23 April 2026. RFC 2347. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Trivial_File_Transfer_Protocol
Encryption method
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Retrieved 2018-09-12. Lonvick, Chris M.; Ylonen, Tatu (January 2006). "Data Integrity". RFC 4253. Internet Engineering
Authenticated_encryption
INTERNET ENGINEERING-TASK-FORCE
INTERNET ENGINEERING-TASK-FORCE
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Son of Bharat (Brother of Lord Rama)
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Acme of Mountain
Girl/Female
Hindu
Talk
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by an ash tree, from the Middle English phrase at(te) asche ‘at (the) ash’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of bags and purses, from German Tasche ‘bag’, ‘purse’. Compare Taschner.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Talk
Girl/Female
Tamil
Talk
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Perfect in Any Task
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from a pet form of the personal name Thomas.English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval vernacular short form of the personal name Pascal, Latin Paschalis (see Pascal).
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Interest
Surname or Lastname
Swedish and Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian : from ask ‘ash tree’, applied either as a habitational name from a place named with this word or as an ornamental name.English : habitational name from a place in North Yorkshire named Aske, from Old English as æsc ‘ash tree’, later replaced by the Old Norse cognate askr.
Boy/Male
Irish
Steward of church lands.
Boy/Male
Norse
From the ash tree.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Talk
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Thirsk in North Yorkshire, named from an unattested Old Scandinavian word, thresk ‘marsh’.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Interest
Girl/Female
Australian, Biblical
Talk
Girl/Female
Spanish
Task.
Female
Chamoru
, bay, ocean, sea.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Acme of mountain
INTERNET ENGINEERING-TASK-FORCE
INTERNET ENGINEERING-TASK-FORCE
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Most beautiful one
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Prophet's first wife
Boy/Male
Indian
Blissful
Boy/Male
British, Celtic, English
Mythical Hunter; Horse-lord
Boy/Male
Arabic
Profit; Useful Service
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Claw; Tall; Surname
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Evidence; Clear; Manifest; Present; Attested; Proved
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Treasure
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Hindu
Goddess Maha Lakshmi
INTERNET ENGINEERING-TASK-FORCE
INTERNET ENGINEERING-TASK-FORCE
INTERNET ENGINEERING-TASK-FORCE
INTERNET ENGINEERING-TASK-FORCE
INTERNET ENGINEERING-TASK-FORCE
v. t.
To put into a cask.
v. i.
To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.
n.
To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.
a.
Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.
n.
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.
v. t.
To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.
a.
Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war.
n.
A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack.
n.
Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.
n.
Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.
n.
The quantity contained in a cask.
v. i.
To act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact.
v. t.
Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder.
a.
Internal.
n.
The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.
v. t.
To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
n.
A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.
n.
A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell.
a.
Intrinsic; inherent; real.
n.
Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.