Define the term protocol.?

Answer 1

a Protocol is a set of rule to make it work. For networks, consider it the SPECIFICATION.

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Answer 2

protocol is a set of rules which help two parties to communicate with one another....


a protocol is a convention or standard that controls or enables the connection, communication, and data transfer between two computing endpoints. In its simplest form, a protocol can be defined as the rules governing the syntax, semantics, and synchronization of communication. Protocols may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination of the two. At the lowest level, a protocol defines the behavior of a hardware connection.

Answer 3

the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette;

an original draft, minute, or record from which a document, esp. a treaty, is prepared;

a supplementary international agreement;

an agreement between states;

an annex to a treaty giving data relating to it;

Medicine/Medical. the plan for carrying out a scientific study or a patient's treatment regimen;

Computers. a set of rules governing the format of messages that are exchanged between computers;

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;

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]

Answer 4

Protocol is a set of rules governing communications between two similar objects.

Answer 5

protocol or computer protocol is like a language used for computers to talk to each other.the program says what bit of the communication comes at what time.it also says how to end the communication.its just a hard word for people in computer science to use to describe a simple thing...look this up in the wikipedia dictionary, but i wrote it for you word for word.this is a good place to get info,for words you dont undrestand.

Answer 6

look up the word Protocol... then you will get the definition

Answer 7

"A precise and detailed plan for the study of a biomedical problem or for a regimen of an experimental therapy."