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protocol

  (prō'tə-kôl', -kōl', -kŏl')

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1. 1. The forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state.
   2. A code of correct conduct: safety protocols; academic protocol.
2. The first copy of a treaty or other such document before its ratification.
3. A preliminary draft or record of a transaction.
4. The plan for a course of medical treatment or for a scientific experiment.
5. Computer Science. A standard procedure for regulating data transmission between computers.

To form or issue protocols.

[French protocole, from Old French prothocolle, draft of a document, from Medieval Latin prōtocollum, from Late Greek prōtokollon, table of contents, first sheet : Greek prōto-, proto- + Greek kollēma, sheets of a papyrus glued together (from kollān, to glue together, from kolla, glue).]

The format and procedure that governs the transmitting and receiving of data. The term comes from the Greek "protokollon," which was the cover page to a manuscript that provided a description of the contents. See communications protocol, protocol stack and OSI.

Guidelines and principles associated with the workings of a network. Rules surround data and electrical signals on the network, the manner of information transmissions, the way in which the network is accessed, and the processing of applications on the network.

noun

Strict observance of social conventions: ceremoniousness, ceremony, formality, punctiliousness. See courtesy/discourtesy.

Definition: rules of conduct, behavior in certain situation
Antonyms: bad manners, crudeness, impropriety

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The formal technique and procedure for conducting an investigation, such as fitness testing or drugs testing.

A brief summary; the minutes of a meeting; the etiquette of diplomacy.

Protocol refers to a summarized document or the minutes of a meeting that are initialed by the parties present to indicate the accuracy of the document or minutes.

Protocol is a section of the department of state that is responsible for advising the government, the president, the vice president, and the secretary of state on matters of diplomatic procedure governed by law or international custom and practice. Protocol is the method of officially ranking or receiving government officials.

1. the original notes made on a necropsy, an experiment, or on a case of disease.
2. a strict plan of formal procedure at a prestigious gathering.
3. a set of rules governing the format and chronology of message exchange in a communications system.

A Protocol is a set of guidelines or rules that help in governing an operation on the internet and communications over it. They are of many types such as ftp, http, tcp/ip etc. It may also refer to:

Diplomacy

• Standards of behavior and ceremony to be observed by diplomats and heads of state in relating to each other.

Records

• Meetings recorded as minutes have sometimes been called protocols.

Communications and computing

• Communications protocol, a set of rules governing communication between electronic devices
• Protocol (computing), a set of rules governing communication within and between computing endpoints
• Protocol (object-oriented programming), what unrelated objects use to communicate with each other in object-oriented computer programs, or how they do it
• Cryptographic protocol, an abstract or concrete protocol that performs a security-related function and applies cryptographic methods.

Tests and experiments

• Protocol (natural sciences), a predefined procedural method in the design and implementation of experiments.
• In engineering, software engineering and manufacturing, a test protocol is a standardised test procedure for doing quality control.
• Clinical trial protocol, the method used in a clinical trial of a drug or medical treatment

Medical treatment

• Guideline (medical), a kind of protocol for medical treatment

Entertainment

• Protocol (film), a 1984 Hollywood movie starring Goldie Hawn
• Protocol (band), a British electropop band

Protocol

• The Protocols, a fraudulent text, first serialized in a 1903 Russian newspaper, and subsequently republished, in various translations and forms, and known most popularly by the title, as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - protokol, etikette
v. intr. - protokollere

Nederlands (Dutch)
protocol, memorandum

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Pol, Comput) protocole
v. intr. - établir un protocole

Deutsch (German)
n. - Protokoll
v. - protokollieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εθιμοτυπικό πρωτόκολλο, εθιμοτυπία, εθιμοταξία, ετικέτα, (Η/Υ) πρωτόκολλο
v. - πρωτοκολλώ

Italiano (Italian)
protocollo, protocollare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - protocolo (m)
v. - protocolar

Русский (Russian)
протокол, составлять протокол

Español (Spanish)
n. - protocolo, registro
v. intr. - protocolizar, inscribir en un convenio o protocolo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - protokoll, etikettsregler, utkast till fördrag
v. - protokollföra

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
议定书, 草案, 协议, 礼节, 拟定或颁布议定书

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 議定書, 草案, 協定, 禮節
v. intr. - 擬定或頒布議定書

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 프로토콜, 의정서, 조서
v. intr. - 의정서를 작성하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 外交儀礼, 原本, 議定書, プロトコル, 実験計画案
v. - 議定書を作る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الاصول الدبلوماسيه, مراسم, اتفاق تمهيدي, ملحق لمعاهدة محضر جلسات, تقاليد و آداب اللياقه و المجامله (فعل) يجهز وثائق معاهدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרוטוקול, זכרון-דברים, דו"ח, תקנון-נוהג, כללי העברה אלקטרונית של נתונים בין מתקנים‬
v. intr. - ‮רשם זכרון-דברים‬

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