PROTOCOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does protocol mean? 

• PROTOCOL (noun)
  The noun PROTOCOL has 3 senses:

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

2. forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state

3. code of correct conduct

  Familiarity information: PROTOCOL used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTOCOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

communications protocol; protocol

Hypernyms ("protocol" is a kind of...):

prescript; rule (prescribed guide for conduct or action)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protocol"):

file transfer protocol; FTP (protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network)

HTTP; hypertext transfer protocol (a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers)

MIDI; musical instrument digital interface (a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers)

TCP; transmission control protocol (a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another)

TCP/IP; transmission control protocol/internet protocol (a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("protocol" is a kind of...):

etiquette (rules governing socially acceptable behavior)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Code of correct conduct

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

academic protocol

Hypernyms ("protocol" is a kind of...):

code of behavior; code of conduct (a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group)

 Context examples 

Patient entry into NWTSG clinical trial protocols was completed in 2002.

(National Wilms' Tumor Study Group, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment not specified in a protocol.

(Non-Protocol, NCI Thesaurus)

A business process status of a clinical study that refers to the study that started the execution of activities specified by the study protocol.

(Performed Clinical Study, NCI Thesaurus)

Activities specified in a clinical study protocol which have been successfully or unsuccessfully completed.

(Performed Clinical Study Activity, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical trial conducted according to a single protocol but at more than one site, and, therefore, carried out by more than one investigator. [ICH E9 Glossary]

(Multi-Institutional Clinical Trial, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The protocol usually also provides the background and rationale for the trial, but these could be represented in other protocol referenced documents.

(Clinical Study Protocol, NCI Thesaurus)

If you have been going through physical therapy, you will likely end your protocol by the time of this eclipse.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The relationship between clinical study activities specified in a study protocol.

(Clinical Study Activity Relationship, NCI Thesaurus)

An additional description of the relationship between the clinical study activities specified in a study protocol.

(Clinical Study Activity Relationship Comment, NCI Thesaurus)

A variation from process or procedures defined in a study protocol.

(Performed Protocol Deviation, NCI Thesaurus)