What (who) is protocol - definition
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Protocols; Protocal; Protocol (disambiguation); Protocol (song)
Protocol
·vt To make a protocol of.
II. Protocol ·noun A convention not formally ratified.
III. Protocol ·noun The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.
IV. Protocol ·vi To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.
V. Protocol ·noun A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.
VI. Protocol ·noun The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.
VII. Protocol ·noun An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.
protocol
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1. the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions.
the accepted code of procedure or behaviour in a particular situation.
2. the original draft of a diplomatic document, especially of the terms of a treaty agreed to in conference and signed by the parties.
an amendment to a treaty or convention.
3. a formal record of scientific experimental observations.
a procedure for carrying out a scientific experiment or a course of medical treatment.
4. Computing a set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices.
Origin
ME (denoting the original note of an agreement): from OFr. prothocole, via med. L. from Gk protokollon 'first page, flyleaf'.
protocol
(protocols)
1.
Protocol is a system of rules about the correct way to act in formal situations.
He has become something of a stickler for the finer observances of royal protocol.
...minor breaches of protocol.
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2.
A protocol is a set of rules for exchanging information between computers. (COMPUTING)
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3.
A protocol is a written record of a treaty or agreement that has been made by two or more countries. (FORMAL)
...the Montreal Protocol to phase out use and production of CFCs...
= accord
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4.
A protocol is a plan for a course of medical treatment, or a plan for a scientific experiment. (AM FORMAL)
...the detoxification protocol.
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Pronunciation examples for protocol
1. Protocol."
The Stellar Consensus Protocol _ David Mazières _ Talks at Google
2. protocol.
The Stellar Consensus Protocol _ David Mazières _ Talks at Google
3. protocol.
The Art of Science _ Kari Byron _ Talks at Google
4. protocol shifting.
Nexus _ Ramez Naam _ Talks at Google
5. control protocol?
The Innovators _ Walter Isaacson _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of protocol
1. TCP/IP is an abbreviation of Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol.
2. As the man who signed the Machakos protocol, I remain committed to paragraph 242 of that protocol.
3. Yamani signed the Protocol of Accession with full powers, thus accepting the protocol on behalf of the Kingdom.
4. But regarding the Additional Protocol, we will continue implementing the Additional Protocol as a voluntary measure," Saeedi added.
5. The peace we signed consists of six protocols that I will not go into details of each of them, but it is important to mention these protocols to you, and they are: Power sharing protocol Wealth Sharing protocol Security arrangements protocol Abyei Protocol Southern Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains Protocol The Machakos Protocol, which gives the people of the Southern Sudan the right to self determination after six years of the interim period.