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1. (n.) protocol
the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
2. protocol
an original draft, minute, or record from which a document, esp. a treaty, is prepared.
3. protocol
a supplementary international agreement.
4. protocol
an agreement between states.
5. protocol
an annex to a treaty giving data relating to it.
6. protocol
a plan for carrying out a scientific study or a patient's treatment regimen.
7. protocol
a set of rules governing the format of messages that are exchanged between computers.
8. (v.i.) protocol
to draft or issue a protocol.
Etymology: (1535–45; earlier protocoll < ML prōtocollum < LGk prōtókollon orig., a leaf or tag attached to the first sheet of a papyrus roll. See proto -, colloid)
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| Definition of 'protocol' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) protocol, communications protocol
(computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data
2. (noun) protocol
forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state
3. (noun) protocol
code of correct conduct
"safety protocols"; "academic protocol"
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| Definition of 'protocol' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) protocol
the original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument
2. (noun) protocol
the minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction
3. (noun) protocol
a preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on
4. (noun) protocol
a convention not formally ratified
5. (noun) protocol
an agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation
6. (verb) protocol
to make a protocol of
7. (verb) protocol
to make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols
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| Definitions of 'protocol' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. protocol
As used by hackers, this never refers to niceties about the proper
form for addressing letters to the Papal Nuncio or the order in which one
should use the forks in a Russian-style place setting; hackers don't care
about such things. It is used instead to describe any set of rules that
allow different machines or pieces of software to coordinate with each
other without ambiguity. So, for example, it does include niceties about
the proper form for addressing packets on a network or the order in which
one should use the forks in the Dining Philosophers Problem. It implies
that there is some common message format and an accepted set of primitives
or commands that all parties involved understand, and that transactions
among them follow predictable logical sequences. See also
handshaking,
do protocol.
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