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/proh"teuh kawl', -kol', -kohl'/, n.1. the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.2. an original draft, minute, or record from which a document, esp. a treaty, is prepared.3. a supplementary international agreement.4. an agreement between states.5. an annex to a treaty giving data relating to it.6. Med. the plan for carrying out a scientific study or a patient's treatment regimen.7. Computers. a set of rules governing the format of messages that are exchanged between computers.8. Also called protocol statement, protocol sentence, protocol proposition. Philos. a statement reporting an observation or experience in the most fundamental terms without interpretation: sometimes taken as the basis of empirical verification, as of scientific laws.v.i.9. to draft or issue a protocol.[1535-45; earlier protocoll < ML protocollum < LGk protókollon orig., a leaf or tag attached to a rolled papyrus manuscript and containing notes as to contents. See PROTO-, COLLOID]
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IIn computer science, a set of rules or procedures for transmitting data between electronic devices, such as computers.In order for computers to exchange information, there must be a preexisting agreement as to how the information will be structured and how each side will send and receive it. Without a protocol, a transmitting computer, for example, could be sending its data in 8-bit packets while the receiving computer might expect the data in 16-bit packets. Protocols are established by international or industrywide organizations. Perhaps the most important computer protocol is OSI (Open Systems Interconnection), a set of guidelines for implementing networking communications between computers. The most important sets of Internet protocols are TCP/IP, HTTP, and FTP.II(as used in expressions)file transfer protocolHyperText Transfer ProtocolInternet Protocol addressProtocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes* * *
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