protocol

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French protocolle, protocole (“document, record”), from Late Latin protocollum (“the first sheet of a volume (on which contents and errata were written)”), from Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον (prōtókollon, “first sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊtəˌkɒl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɑl/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɔl/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkoʊl/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʉtəˌkoːl/, /ˈpɹəʉtəˌkɔl/ Hyphenation: pro‧to‧col === 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.] 2002, Philippe Sands, Principles of International Environmental Law, p. 917 n. 253: The 1992 Protocol amended the definitions of other terms, including ‘ship’, ‘oil’ and ‘incident’: Art. 2. 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. [from 19th c.] (sciences) 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.] 2006, Zheng & Ni, Smart Phone and Next-Generation Mobile Computing, p. 444: An exception is Jabber, which is designed based on an open protocol called the extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP). (medicine) The set of instructions allowing a licensed medical professional to start, modify, or stop a medical or patient care order. [from 20th c.] (Roman Catholicism) The introduction of a liturgical preface, immediately following the Sursum corda dialogue. (object-oriented programming) In some programming languages, a data type declaring a set of members that must be implemented by a class or other data type. ==== Synonyms ==== (original notes of observations made during an experiment): procedure (official rules and guidelines for heads of state and other dignitaries): procedure, policy (accepted code of conduct): policy (data type defining a set of members): interface ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== prot-, proto- ==== Translations ==== === Verb === protocol (third-person singular simple present protocols, present participle (US) protocoling or (UK) protocolling, simple past and past participle (US) protocoled or (UK) protocolled) (obsolete, transitive) To make a protocol of. (obsolete, intransitive) To make or write protocols, or first drafts; to issue protocols. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === protocol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === topcolor == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin protocollum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [pɾu.tuˈko̞l] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [pɾo.toˈkɔl] IPA(key): (Central) [pɾu.tuˈkɔl] === Noun === protocol m (plural protocols) protocol ==== Derived terms ==== patracol protocol·lari protocol·litzar === Further reading === “protocol”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch protocol. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌproː.toːˈkɔl/ Hyphenation: pro‧to‧col Rhymes: -ɔl === Noun === protocol n (plural protocols or protocollen, diminutive protocolletje n) protocol (collection of rules and procedures) protocol (book containing official documents) protocol (official record of minutes or agreements) ==== Descendants ==== → Papiamentu: protokòl == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French protocole and German Protokoll. === Noun === protocol n (plural protocoale) protocol ==== Declension ==== == Romansh == === Etymology === From Late Latin protocollum (“the first sheet of a volume (on which contents and errata were written)”), from Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον (prōtókollon, “first sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). === Noun === protocol m (plural protocols) minutes (of meeting) == Welsh == === Etymology === From English protocol. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈprɔtɔkɔl/ === Noun === protocol m (plural protocolau) protocol === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “protocol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies