Protocol may refer to:
Sociology and politics
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Protocol (politics), a formal agreement between nation states
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Protocol (diplomacy)
In international politics, protocol is the etiquette of diplomacy and wikt:affair, affairs of Sovereign state, state. It may also refer to an international agreement that supplements or amends a treaty.
A protocol is a wiktionary:rule, rule which ...
, the etiquette of diplomacy and affairs of state
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Etiquette
Etiquette () is the set of norms of personal behaviour in polite society, usually occurring in the form of an ethical code of the expected and accepted social behaviours that accord with the conventions and norms observed and practised by a ...
, a code of personal behavior
Science and technology
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Protocol (science)
In natural and social science research, a protocol is most commonly a predefined procedural method in the design and implementation of an experiment. Protocols are written whenever it is desirable to standardize a laboratory method to ensure su ...
, a predefined written procedural method of conducting experiments
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Medical protocol (disambiguation) Medical protocol may refer to:
* Medical guideline, for a medical treatment
** Medical protocol, a set of rules followed by an emergency medical technician, nurse, physician, therapist, etc.
* Clinical protocol
In natural and social science resea ...
Computing
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Protocol (object-oriented programming)
In object-oriented programming, an interface or protocol type is a data type describing a set of method signatures, the implementations of which may be provided by multiple classes that are otherwise not necessarily related to each other. A class ...
, a common means for unrelated objects to communicate with each other (sometimes also called ''interfaces'')
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Communication protocol
A communication protocol is a system of rules that allows two or more entities of a communications system to transmit information via any kind of variation of a physical quantity. The protocol defines the rules, syntax, semantics and synchroniza ...
, a defined set of rules and regulations that determine how data is transmitted in telecommunications and computer networking
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Cryptographic protocol
A security protocol (cryptographic protocol or encryption protocol) is an abstract or concrete protocol that performs a security-related function and applies cryptographic methods, often as sequences of cryptographic primitives. A protocol descri ...
, a protocol for encrypting messages
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Decentralized network protocol
Decentralized computing is the allocation of resources, both hardware and software, to each individual workstation, or office location. In contrast, centralized computing exists when the majority of functions are carried out, or obtained from a ...
, a protocol for operation of an
open source
Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open-source model is a decentralized so ...
peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the network. They are said to form a peer-to-peer ...
network where no single entity nor colluding group controls a majority of the network nodes
Music
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''Protocol'' (album), by Simon Phillips
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Protocol (band), a British band
* "Protocol", a song by Gordon Lightfoot from the album ''
Summertime Dream''
* "Protocol", a song by the Vamps from their 2020 album ''
Cherry Blossom
A cherry blossom, also known as Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of many trees of Prunus, genus ''Prunus'' or Prunus subg. Cerasus, ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are common species in East Asia, including China, Korea and especia ...
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Other uses
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''Protocol'' (film), a 1984 comedy film
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Protocol (website), an offshoot of Politico
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Minutes
Minutes, also known as minutes of meeting (abbreviation MoM), protocols or, informally, notes, are the instant written record of a meeting or hearing. They typically describe the events of the meeting and may include a list of attendees, a stat ...
, also known as protocols, the written record of a meeting
* Protocol, a news website owned by
Capitol News Company
Capitol News Company, LLC is an American media company based in Arlington, Virginia, United States. It is a private holding company owned by Robert L. Allbritton. Its primary publication is ''Politico''. In 2020, it launched ''Protocol
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See also
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Proprietary protocol
In telecommunications, a proprietary protocol is a communications protocol owned by a single organization or individual.
Intellectual property rights and enforcement
Ownership by a single organization gives the owner the ability to place restric ...
, a communications protocol owned by a single organization or individual
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Proto (disambiguation)
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Quantum cryptography protocol, a protocol for encrypting messages
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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
''The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'' () or ''The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion'' is a fabricated antisemitic text purporting to describe a Jewish plan for global domination. The hoax was plagiarized from several ...
'', a notorious antisemitic hoax that has circulated since the early 20th century
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