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
     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"

	

	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

	

	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
     
        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.
     
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        (1995-01-12)

	

	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. 
	

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