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Definition of protocols - 7 dictionary results

pro⋅to⋅col

  [proh-tuh-kawl, -kol, -kohl]
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–noun
1. the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
2. an original draft, minute, or record from which a document, esp. 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.
–verb (used without object)
9. to draft or issue a protocol.
Origin:
1535–45; earlier protocoll < ML prōtocollum < LGk prōtókollon orig., a leaf or tag attached to a rolled papyrus manuscript and containing notes as to contents. See proto-, colloid

Related forms:
pro⋅to⋅col⋅ar  [proh-tuh-kol-er] , pro⋅to⋅col⋅a⋅ry, pro⋅to⋅col⋅ic, adjective
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pro·to·col   (prō'tə-kôl', -kōl', -kŏl')   
n.  

    1. The forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state.

    2. A code of correct conduct: safety protocols; academic protocol.

  2. The first copy of a treaty or other such document before its ratification.

  3. A preliminary draft or record of a transaction.

  4. The plan for a course of medical treatment or for a scientific experiment.

  5. Computer Science A standard procedure for regulating data transmission between computers.

intr.v.   pro·to·coled or pro·to·colled, pro·to·col·ing or pro·to·col·ling, pro·to·cols
To form or issue protocols.

[French protocole, from Old French prothocolle, draft of a document, from Medieval Latin prōtocollum, from Late Greek prōtokollon, table of contents, first sheet : Greek prōto-, proto- + Greek kollēma, sheets of a papyrus glued together (from kollān, to glue together, from kolla, glue).]
pro'to·col'ar (-kŏl'ər), pro'to·col'a·ry (-kŏl'ə-rē) adj.
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Cultural Dictionary

protocols

Agreed-upon standards and practices in technology (particularly information technology) that allow systems manufactured by many different companies to be compatible with each other and work within common larger systems. Protocols are established by industry trade groups, governments, or some combination thereof.

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Word Origin & History

protocol 
1541, as prothogall "draft of a document," from M.Fr. prothocole (c.1200), from M.L. protocollum "draft," lit. "the first sheet of a volume" (on which contents and errata were written), from Gk. protokollon "first sheet glued onto a manuscript," from protos "first" + kolla "glue." Sense developed in M.L. and M.Fr. from "official account" to "official record of a transaction," "diplomatic document," and finally, in Fr., to "formula of diplomatic etiquette." Meaning "diplomatic rules of etiquette" first recorded 1896, from French; general sense of "conventional proper conduct" is from 1952. "Protocols of the (Learned) Enders of Zion," Rus. anti-Semitic forgery purporting to reveal Jewish plan for world domination, first published in Eng. 1920 under title "The Jewish Peril."
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: pro·to·col
Pronunciation: 'prO-t&-"kol
Function: noun
1 : an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction
2 a : a preliminary memorandum often formulated and signed by diplomatic negotiators as a basis for a final convention or treaty b : the records or minutes of a diplomatic conference or congress that show officially the agreements arrived at by the negotiators
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pro·to·col
Pronunciation: 'prOt-&-"kol, -"kOl, -"käl
Function: noun
1 : an official account of a proceeding;especially : the notes or records relating to a case, an experiment, or an autopsy protocols was made … for patients who died with majordisease of the central nervous system —Journal of the American Medical Association>
2 : a detailed plan of a scientific or medical experiment or treatment protocol by the hospital's human studies committee are required before implementing any research on human subjects>
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Medical Dictionary

protocol pro·to·col (prō'tə-kôl', -kōl')
n.
The plan for a course of medical treatment or for a scientific experiment.

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