protocol

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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”). Doublet of collage, collagen, and colloid.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊtəˌkɒl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɑl/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɔl/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkoʊl/
• Hyphenation: pro‧to‧col

Noun

protocol (countable and uncountable, plural protocols)

1. (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.]
2. (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.]
3. (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.

4. The first leaf of a roll of papyrus, or the official mark typically found on such a page. [from 19th c.]
5. The official formulas which appeared at the beginning or end of certain official documents such as charters, papal bulls etc. [from 19th c.]
6. (sciences) The original notes of observations made during an experiment. [from 19th c.]
7. (sciences) The precise method for carrying out or reproducing a given experiment. [from 19th c.]
8. 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.]
9. (by extension) An accepted code of conduct; acceptable behaviour in a given situation or group. [from 20th c.]
10. (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).
11. (medicine) The set of instructions allowing a licensed medical professional to start, modify, or stop a medical or patient care order. [from 20th c.]
12. (Roman Catholicism) The introduction of a liturgical preface, immediately following the Sursum corda dialogue.
13. (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 protocoling or protocolling, simple past and past participle protocoled or protocolled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make a protocol of.
2. (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): (Central) [pɾu.tuˈkɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [pɾo.toˈkɔl]

Noun

protocol m (plural protocols)

1. 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], 2007 April

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)

1. protocol (collection of rules and procedures)
2. protocol (book containing official documents)
3. protocol (official record of minutes or agreements)

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: protokòl

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French protocole and German Protokoll.

Noun

protocol n (plural protocoale)

1. protocol

Declension

Romansch

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)

1. minutes (of meeting)

Welsh

Etymology

From English protocol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔtɔkɔl/

Noun

protocol m (plural protocolau)

1. 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