6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or
transaction.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Protocol \Pro"to*col\, v. t.
To make a protocol of
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Protocol \Pro"to*col\, v. i.
To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue
protocols. --Carlyle.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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 Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [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 (13 Mar 01) [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)
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