PROTOCOL

protocol

(noun) code of correct conduct; “safety protocols”; “academic protocol”

protocol

(noun) forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state

protocol, communications protocol

(noun) (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

protocol (countable and uncountable, plural protocols)

(now chiefly historical) The minutes, or official record, of a negotiation or transaction; especially a document drawn up officially which forms the legal basis for subsequent agreements based on it. [from 15th c.]

(international law, now rare) An official record of a diplomatic meeting or negotiation; later specifically, a draft document setting out agreements to be signed into force by a subsequent formal treaty. [from 17th c.]

(international law) An amendment to an official treaty. [from 19th c.]

The first leaf of a roll of papyrus, or the official mark typically found on such a page. [from 19th c.]

The official formulas which appeared at the beginning or end of certain official documents such as charters, papal bulls etc. [from 19th c.]

(sciences) The original notes of observations made during an experiment; also, the precise method for carrying out or reproducing a given experiment. [from 19th c.]

The official rules and guidelines for heads of state and other dignitaries, governing accepted behaviour in relations with other diplomatic representatives or over affairs of state. [from 19th c.]

(by extension) An accepted code of conduct; acceptable behaviour in a given situation or group. [from 20th c.]

(computing) A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network. [from 20th c.]

(medicine) The set of instructions allowing a licensed medical professional to start, modify, or stop a medical or patient care order. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• procedure

• policy

Verb

protocol (third-person singular simple present protocols, present participle protocolling or protocoling, simple past and past participle protocolled or protocoled)

(obsolete, transitive) To make a protocol of.

(obsolete, intransitive) To make or write protocols, or first drafts; to issue protocols.

Anagrams

• topcolor

Source: Wiktionary

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Pro"to*col, n. Etym: [F. protocole, LL. protocollum, fr. Gr. prw os the first (see Proto-) +

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.

Pro"to*col, v. t.

Definition: To make a protocol of.

Pro"to*col, v. i.

Definition: To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols. Carlyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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