Protocol

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Protocol \Pro"to*col\, v. t.
     To make a protocol of.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Protocol \Pro"to*col\, v. i.
     To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue
     protocols. --Carlyle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or
        transaction.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  protocol
       n 1: (computer science) rules determining the format and
            transmission of data [syn: {communications protocol}]
       2: forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and
          heads of state
       3: code of correct conduct; "safety protocols"; "academic
          protocol"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  97 Moby Thesaurus words for "protocol":
     accord, agenda, agreement, amenities, arrangement, authority,
     bargain, batting order, bill, bill of fare, binding agreement,
     blueprint, bond, budget, calendar, card, carte du jour, cartel,
     civilities, civility, collective agreement, comity, compact,
     concordat, consortium, contract, convention, conventions,
     courtliness, covenant, covenant of salt, customs, deal, decencies,
     decorum, dicker, diplomacy, diplomatic code, docket, draft,
     elegance, elegancies, employment contract, etiquette,
     exquisite manners, form, formal agreement, formalities, formality,
     good form, good manners, ironclad agreement, legal agreement,
     legal contract, lineup, list of agenda, manners, memorandum, menu,
     minute, mores, mutual agreement, natural politeness, note, outline,
     pact, paction, playbill, point of etiquette, politeness, politesse,
     practice, program, program of operation, programma, promise,
     proprieties, prospectus, punctilio, quiet good manners, roster,
     rules of conduct, schedule, slate, social code, social conduct,
     social graces, social procedures, social usage, stipulation,
     transaction, treaty, understanding, union contract, usage,
     valid contract, wage contract
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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 (27 SEP 03) [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)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PROTOCOL, civil law, international law. A record or register. Among the 
  Romans, protocollunt was a writing at the head of the first page of the 
  paper used by the notaries or tabellions. Nov. 44. 
       2. In France the minutes of notarial acts were formerly transcribed on 
  registers, which were called protocols. Toull. Dr. Civ. Fr. liv. 3, t. 3, c. 
  6, s. 1, n. 413. 
       3. By the German law it signifies the minutes of any transaction. 
  Eneye. Amer. Protocol. In the latter sense the word has of late been 
  received into international law. Ibid.