Definition of Protocol

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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
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
Standard rules that govern how computers talk together.

Protocol
A standard process, a set of rules conditions that perform a particular function. A word which is very common in PC Internet Terminology eg.
 FTP - File transmission Protocol
 IP Address - Internet protocol address
 TCP/IP - Transmission control protocol internet Protocol
 POP - Post office protocol

Protocol
1. On the Internet, see TCP/IP
2. A set of rules and procedures governing interchange of information between a smart card and a reader. The ISO defines several protocols, including T=0, T=1 and T=14.

Protocol
A set of rules and conventions that describes the behaviour that computers must follow in order to understand each other.

Protocol
Any formal description of message formats and the rules two computers must follow to exchange those messages. Protocols can describe low-level details of machine-to-machine interfaces (e.g., the order in which bits and bytes are sent across a wire) or high-level exchanges between allocation programs (e.g., the way in which two programs transfer a file across the Internet). Files on the Internet are transferred via what is known as FTP File Transfer Protocol. See World Wide Web for the common http protocol. See Internet Messaging for common protocols for sending messages across the Internet. (See also FTP and File transfer )

Protocol
The rules make possible the exchange of messages between users on the Internet, or within any given network.

Protocol
A system of rules and specifications that enables and governs the communication between to computers or IT devices (data transfer).

Protocol
A set of rules and formats (semantic and syntactic) that determines the communication behavior of layer entities in the performance of the layer functions.

Protocol
a set of rules.

Protocol
A formal description of messages to be exchanged and rules to be followed for two or more systems to exchange information.

PROTOCOL
Method by which computers communicate to each other over the internet in order to provide a service.Different computers and operating systems and software are able to communicate with each other on the internet,because of the adoption of protocols.

protocol
An established method of exchanging data over the Internet. The "must follow" regulations that govern the transmission and receipt of information across a data communications link. Languages that computers use to talk to each other. A set of standards that assures that different network products can work together. Any product using a given protocol should work with any other product using the same protocol.  Examples of Internet protocols include:  telnet, email, news and world wide web.

Protocol
When computers communicate, there needs to be some set of guidelines that each computer follows when sending and receiving data. This set of communication rules is called a protocol. There are many different types of computers and operating systems, and just as many different types of connections between them. That's why we need protocols. Though they do help standardize communications, there are still many different protocols -- probably too many to remember. Some examples of these different protocols are PPP, TCP/IP, SLIP, HTTP, and FTP. Can you guess what the last "P" stands for in each acronym? If not, I'll give you a hint: it's the same as "Robocop" with a "p" at the beginning, the "b" changed to a "t", and the "l" changed to a "p". Sorry, I'm wasting space again...

Protocol
(v. t.)
To make a protocol of.
  
(v. i.)
To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.
  
(n.)
The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.
  
(n.)
The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.
  
(n.)
An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.
  
(n.)
A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.
  
(n.)
A convention not formally ratified.
  

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Noun
1. (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data
(synonym) communications protocol
(hypernym) rule, prescript
(hyponym) file transfer protocol, FTP
(classification) computer science, computing
2. forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state
(hypernym) etiquette
3. code of correct conduct; "safety protocols"; "academic protocol"
(hypernym) code of conduct, code of behavior

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protocol
\pro"to*col\, v. t. to make a protocol of.
protocol
\pro"to*col\, v. i. to make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols. arlyle.
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.
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.
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"

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 point-to-point tunneling protocol 
 hypertext transfer protocol 
 telocator alphanumeric protocol 
 communications protocol 
 real time streaming protocol 
 reverse address resolution protocol 
 internet protocol 
 internet open trading protocol 
 simple network management protocol 
 address resolution protocol 
 user datagram protocol 
 internet message access protocol 
 link control protocol 
 internet control message protocol 
 serial line internet protocol 
 internet inter-orb protocol 
 interior gateway protocol 
 resource reservation protocol 
 internet protocol version 6 
 protocol stack 
 internet group management protocol 
 open shortest-path first interior gateway protocol 
 manufacturing automation protocol 
 simple object access protocol 
 wireless application protocol 
 icmp router discovery protocol 
 layer two tunneling protocol 
 internet security association and key management protocol 
 post office protocol 
 trivial file transfer protocol 
 routing table maintenance protocol 
 exterior gateway protocol 
 point-to-point protocol 

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 network news transfer protocol 
 internet protocol control protocol 
 link state routing protocol 
 challenge-handshake authentication protocol 
 file transfer protocol 
 simple mail transfer protocol 
 lower layer protocol 
 office protocol 
 inverse address resolution protocol 
 remote write protocol 
 x protocol 
 dynamic host configuration protocol 
 protocol converter 
 link access protocol balanced 
 internet protocol version 4 
 routing information protocol 
 lightweight directory access protocol 
 directory access protocol 
 common architecture for next generation internet protocol 
 protocol layer 
 rockwell protocol interface 
 upper layer protocol 
 connectionless protocol 
 transmission control protocol 

protocol
A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty.

Protocol
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.

In France the minutes of notarial acts were formerly transcribed on registers, which were called protocols.

By the German law it signifies the minutes of any transaction. In the latter sense the word has of late been received into international law.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

protocol
An action plan for a clinical trial. The plan states what the study will do, how, and why. It explains how many people will be in it, who is eligible to participate, what study agents or other interventions they will be given, what tests they will receive and how often, and what information will be gathered.

protocol
the official prospectus (plan) of a clinical trial. The protocol explains the purpose of the experimental treatment, and how the results will be tested and evaluated. It also contains information about drug dosing, duration, and inclusion/exclusion criteria.

Protocol
Step by Step procedure that is followed in order to perform a task

PROTOCOL
The detailed plan for conducting a clinical trial<!-- (see) -->. It states the trial's rationale, purpose, drug or vaccine dosages, length of study, routes of administration, who may participate (see inclusion/exclusion criteria), and other aspects of trial design.

protocol
the detailed plan for a clinical trial that states the trial's rationale, purpose, vaccine dosages, routes of administration, length of study, eligibility criteria and other aspects of trial design.

Protocol
A detailed treatment plan. For example, the BEP chemotherapy protocol is a specific treatment plan using certain drugs on certain days.

Protocol
A series of formal steps for conducting a test.

Protocol
A series of formal steps for conducting a test.

protocol
documentation that ties together all SOPs (standard operating procedures) to direct the work performed in a regulated facility: who approves what, who is allowed to sign off on materials and products, where certain files and documents are kept, and so on; also a detailed plan for a clinical trial, stating (among other things) the trialis rationale, purpose, scope, dosages, routes of administration, length of study, and eligibility criteria.

Protocol
A formal set of procedures that are adopted to ensure communication between two or more functions within the within the same layer of a hierarchy of functions (source: ITU-T I.112).

protocol
1. A formal set of conventions governing the format and control of interaction among communicating functional units. (188 ) Note: Protocols may govern portions of a network, types of service, or administrative procedures. For example, a data link protocol is the specification of methods whereby data communications over a data link are performed in terms of the particular transmission mode, control procedures, and recovery procedures. 2. In layered communications system architecture, a formal set of procedures that are adopted to facilitate functional interoperation within the layered hierarchy.

Protocol
A formal definition that describes how data is to be exchanged.

Protocol
Formal set of rules governing the format, timing, sequencing, and error control of exchanged messages between similar devices or between similar functions within a device. The protocol may also include facilities for managing a communications link.

MULTIPLEXED SIGNAL
All modern lighting desks use this serial form of communication with dimmers. All the information from the desk is transmitted along a single pair of cables to the dimmer where a de-multiplexing unit (demux box) decodes the string of data and passes the correct piece of information to the correct dimmer. The inductry standard protocal (language/standard) for multiplexing is the digital USITT DMX512. However, new protocols are continually being added to keep up with more demanding equipment. SMX is a communications protocol which enables digital dimmers to "report back" to the desk on any faults (eg blown lamps). D54 uses a stream of analogue voltage levels and was the Strand standard before DMX512 arrived.

protocol
A set of communication standards, through hardware or software, used between electronic devices such as computers.

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