Protocol

['prəʊtəkɒl] or ['protə'kɔl]

Definition

(noun.) code of correct conduct; 'safety protocols'; 'academic protocol'.

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

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

Typist: Manfred--From WordNet

Definition

(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.) A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.

(n.) A convention not formally ratified.

(n.) An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.

(v. t.) To make a protocol of.

(v. i.) To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.

Checker: Susie

Definition

n. the first copy of any document: the rough draft of an instrument or transaction: the original copy.—v.i. to issue form protocols.—v.t. to make a protocol of—also Prō′tocolīse.—n. Prō′tocolist a registrar or clerk.

Typed by Juan