What (who) is protocols - definition
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Protocols; Protocal; Protocol (disambiguation); Protocol (song)
protocol
n.
minutes
statement
1) to draw up a protocol
official code of conduct
2) diplomatic; military protocol
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
¦ noun
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'.
Pronunciation examples for protocols
1. Protocols.
The Innovators _ Walter Isaacson _ Talks at Google
2. protocols.
Failure by Design _ Ryan Noah Shapiro _ Talks at Google
3. biomedical protocols,
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4. training protocols.
Standing at The Edge _ Joan Halifax _ Talks at Google
5. or protocols.
Being a Disney Imagineer _ Bob Gurr _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of protocols
1. The workings of what one might call ‘Chinese restaurant protocols‘ may help explain the importance of computer protocols.
2. The Six Protocols would be placed over and above the democratic transitional constitution in the case of discrepancies between the constitution and the protocols.
3. "We have protocols for the discovery of an explosive device.
4. Is that not textbook Protocols of the Elders of Zion?
5. "Research protocols have endpoints by which success can be measured.