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Re:HTTP/3 explained by IshKebab on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @12:44PM (#19087541)
> QUIC is a name, not an acronym.

Pretty sure it stands for Quick UDP Internet Connections.

https://lwn.net/Articles/558826/

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Re:HTTP/3 explained by winklock on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @07:09PM (#19091424)
The QUIC protocol draft states that it's not an acronym: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-quic-transport-16#sec...
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Re:HTTP/3 explained by BurnGpuBurn on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @12:41PM (#19097506)
The original creator of quick also explicitly named it as an acronym [0]. But of course, if the big boys at IETF decree it's not an acronym, it isn't. Just like we've always been at war with Oceanea.

[0] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RNHkx_VvKWyWg6Lr8SZ-saqs...

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Re:HTTP/3 explained by anticensor on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @02:03PM (#19098491)
Prescriptive language always falls apart from actual usage.
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Re:HTTP/3 explained by IshKebab on Thursday February 07, 2019 @03:19AM (#19103824)
Well they are wrong then.
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