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A Protocol is a set of guidelines or rules. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Common description Commonly the term Guideline denotes one or more rules that describe a process. ...

Internet protocols

Internet protocols are rules that help in governing an operation on the internet and communications over it. There are many types such as FTP, HTTP, TCP/IP, etc. It may also refer to:

Diplomacy

• Standards of behavior and ceremony to be observed by diplomats and heads of state in relating to each other.

In international politics, protocol is the etiquette of diplomacy and affairs of state. ...

Records

• Meetings recorded as minutes have sometimes been called protocols.

Meetings are sometimes held around conference tables. ...

Communications and computing

• Communications protocol, a set of rules governing communication between electronic devices
• Protocol (computing), a set of rules governing communication within and between computing endpoints
• Protocol (object-oriented programming), what unrelated objects use to communicate with each other in object-oriented computer programs, or how they do it
• Cryptographic protocol, an abstract or concrete protocol that performs a security-related function and applies cryptographic methods.

This article concerns communication between pairs of electronic devices. ... For other senses of this word, see protocol. ... In computer sciences object-oriented programming, a protocol (Java: interface) is what or how unrelated objects use to communicate with each other. ... A cryptographic protocol is an abstract or concrete protocol that performs a security-related function and applies cryptographic methods. ...

Tests and experiments

• Protocol (natural sciences), a predefined procedural method in the design and implementation of experiments.
• In engineering, software engineering and manufacturing, a test protocol is a standardised test procedure for doing quality control.
• Clinical trial protocol, the method used in a clinical trial of a drug or medical treatment

In the natural sciences, the terms protocol and method (as distinct from scientific method) are often used interchangeably. ... Software engineering (SE) is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. ... For the Jurassic 5 album, see Quality Control (album) In engineering and manufacturing, quality control and quality engineering are involved in developing systems to ensure products or services are designed and produced to meet or exceed customer requirements. ... A Clinical Trial Protocol is a document that describes the objective(s), design, methodology, statistical considerations, and organization of a clinical trial. ...

Medical treatment

• Guideline (medical), a kind of protocol for medical treatment

A medical guideline (also called a clinical guideline and clinical protocol) is a document with the aim of guiding decisions and criteria in specific areas of healthcare, as defined by an authoritative examination of current evidence (evidence-based medicine). ...

Entertainment

• Protocol (film), a 1984 Hollywood movie starring Goldie Hawn
• Protocol (band), a British electropop band

Protocol is a 1984 motion picture starring Goldie Hawn and Chris Sarandon. ... | Past_members = | Notable_instruments = }} Protocol were a British pop group formed in 2005 Produced by Mike Peden. ...

Protocols of the Elders of Zion

• The Protocols, a fraudulent text, first serialized in a 1903 Russian newspaper, and subsequently republished, in various translations and forms, and known most popularly by the title, as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

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