Protocol

Protocol may mean:

• Protocol (treaty), a treaty or international agreement that supplements a previous treaty or international agreement.

• Protocol (politics), a logbook or other artifact of a political meeting between persons from different nations. Cf. Minutes.

• Protocol (diplomacy), the etiquette of diplomacy and affairs of state. See also Etiquette.

• Communications protocol, a set of rules governing communication between electronic devices such as radios, telephones, and computers.

• Protocol (computing), a set of rules governing communication within and between computer networks.

• Protocol (object-oriented programming), what or how unrelated objects use to communicate with each other in object-oriented computer programs.

• Medical protocol, a set of guidelines for medical treatment. See also Guideline (medical). (Should these two articles be merged?)

• Clinical protocol, the method used in a clinical trial of a drug or medical treatment.

The Protocols can refer to The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.