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Definitions for Protocol

[1] the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
[2] an original draft, minute, or record from which a document, especially a treaty, is prepared.
[3] a supplementary international agreement.
[4] an agreement between states.
[5] an annex to a treaty giving data relating to it.
[6] Medicine/Medical . the plan for carrying out a scientific study or a patient's treatment regimen.
[7] Computers . a set of rules governing the format of messages that are exchanged between computers.
[8] Also called protocol statement, protocol sentence, protocol proposition. Philosophy . a statement reporting an observation or experience in the most fundamental terms without interpretation: sometimes taken as the basis of empirical verification, as of scientific laws.
[9] to draft or issue a protocol.
[10] the formal etiquette and code of behaviour, precedence, and procedure for state and diplomatic ceremonies
[11] a memorandum or record of an agreement, esp one reached in international negotiations, a meeting, etc
[12] (chiefly US) a record of data or observations on a particular experiment or proceeding an annexe appended to a treaty to deal with subsidiary matters or to render the treaty more lucid a formal international agreement or understanding on some matter
[13] an amendment to a treaty or convention
[14] philosophy a statement that is immediately verifiable by experience In full: protocol statement See logical positivism
[15] computing the set form in which data must be presented for handling by a particular computer configuration, esp in the transmission of information between different computer systems

Words related to Protocol

pact, covenant, code, agreement, contract, custom, obligation, compact, etiquette, politesse, decorum, manners, treaty, propriety, courtesy, order, formalities, concordat

Words nearby Protocol

proto-oncogene, protoactinium, protoavis, protocal, protochordate, protocol, protocols, protocontinent, protoctist, protoctista, protodeacon

Origin of Protocol

1535–45; earlier protocoll < Medieval Latin prōtocollum < Late Greek prōtókollon orig., a leaf or tag attached to a rolled papyrus manuscript and containing notes as to contents. See proto-, colloid

Other words from Protocol

pro·to·col·ar [proh-tuh -kol -er] /ˌproʊ təˈkɒl ər/ , pro·to·col·a·ry , pro·to·col·ic , adjective

Word origin for Protocol

C16: from Medieval Latin prōtocollum, from Late Greek prōtokollon sheet glued to the front of a manuscript, from proto- + kolla glue

Synonyms for Protocol

agreement, code, contract, covenant, custom, obligation, pact, compact, concordat, conventions, courtesy, decorum, etiquette, formalities, manners, order, politesse, propriety, treaty, good form, p's and q's