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English Dictionary: protocol	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for protocol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protocol n (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data Synonym(s): protocol, communications protocol forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state code of correct conduct; "safety protocols"; "academic protocol"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Protocol \Pro"to*col\, n. [F. protocole, LL. protocollum, fr. Gr. [?] the first leaf glued to the rolls of papyrus and the notarial documents, on which the date was written; prw^tos the first (see {Proto-}) + [?] glue.] 1. The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument. --Burrill. 2. The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction. 3. (Diplomacy) (a) A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on. (b) A convention not formally ratified. (c) An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Protocol \Pro"tocol\, v. t. To make a protocol* of.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Protocol \Pro"to*col\, v. i. To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols. --Carlyle.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
protocol n. 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}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
protocol A set of formal rules describing how to transmit data, especially across a {network}. Low level protocols define the electrical and physical standards to be observed, bit- and byte-ordering and the transmission and {error detection and correction} of the bit stream. High level protocols deal with the data formatting, including the {syntax} of messages, the terminal to computer dialogue, {character set}s, sequencing of messages etc. Many protocols are defined by {RFC}s or by {OSI}. See also {handshaking}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-12)