protocol

8 definitions found

protocol - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Protocol \Pro"to*col\, v. t.
     To make a protocol of.
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  Protocol \Pro"to*col\, v. i.
     To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue
     protocols. --Carlyle.
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  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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protocol - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

protocol - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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 sets, sequencing of
     messages etc.
  
     Many protocols are defined by RFCs or by OSI.
  
     See also handshaking.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-01-12)
  

protocol - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.
  

protocol - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  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. 
  
  

protocol - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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