#241 - Internet Standards

Published: Oct. 9, 2011, 6 p.m.

Standards -- specifications of communication protocols and interfaces -- form the basis for how the Internet operates, and, as a result, for most things we use our computers for nowadays. In this Tech Talk conversation with Barry Leiba, who has been working on Internet standards development for the last fifteen years, we'll look into what Internet standards are, why they're important, how they're developed, and what's still in the works