
n.
- The forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state.
- A code of correct conduct: safety protocols; academic protocol.
- The first copy of a treaty or other such document before its ratification.
- A preliminary draft or record of a transaction.
- The plan for a course of medical treatment or for a scientific experiment.
- 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).]
protocolar pro'to·col'ar (-kŏl'ər) or pro'to·col'a·ry (-kŏl'ə-rē) adj.












