protocol — Dictionnaire anglais

Nom

1. 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.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • historique
   • indénombrable

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   Another account says that, on the morning of the 31st of May, the king delivered to the prince-royal the crown, the sceptre, and the key of his treasure and gave him his blessing. The privy-counsillor Vockerodt drew up at his desire a protocol of the transaction.

2. 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.

   Usage

   • archaïque
   • dénombrable
   • indénombrable

   Exemples

   The terms of this protocol formed the basis for the Treaty of London signed by the British, French and Russian governments on 6 July 1827.

3. An amendment to an official treaty.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • indénombrable

   Exemples

   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.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • indénombrable

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   They marked the beginning of each scroll with their protocol, a practice that continued in the papyrus trade in the Byzantine Empire [...] into the Islamic period, when there were bilingual protocols in Greek and Arabic.

5. The official formulas which appeared at the beginning or end of certain official documents such as charters, papal bulls etc.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • indénombrable

   Exemples

   The protocol of the bull contains elements that appear to be formulaic by the time of John XVIII 's pontificate.

6. The original notes of observations made during an experiment.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • indénombrable

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   The following is an abstract of the protocol of the experiment: Tumour extract.—A measured 16 c.c. of minced Rous Sarcoma tissue was ground with sand and extracted with 400 c.c. of 0.8-per-cent. saline.

7. The precise method for carrying out or reproducing a given experiment.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • indénombrable

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.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • indénombrable

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   Even the Queen (for whom the curtsey is a more standard address) was recently treated to an enthusiastic Obama embrace. Her Majesty, who is not normally known for partaking in such public displays of affection, seemed unperturbed by Michelle Obama's disregard for royal protocol.

9. An accepted code of conduct; acceptable behaviour in a given situation or group.

   Usage

   • broadly
   • dénombrable
   • indénombrable

   Exemples

   For those uncertain in the protocol of handshaking a formula for the perfect handshake has been devised by scientists at the University of Manchester.

   TfW has staff enforcing mask protocols at all the busy stations and most travellers oblige, albeit some with ill grace.

10. A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network.

    Usage

    • dénombrable
    • indénombrable

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    Moloch passed the message to the Behemoth / Whose master passed it on to Zebedee / It was sent by Internet, by obscure protocols / To its recipient, the delicious Miss Gee

    An exception is Jabber, which is designed based on an open protocol called the extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP).

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    Founders of those kinds of platforms argue that they are just building a “protocol” ultimately led by a community of users, with the computer code effectively running the show.

11. The set of instructions allowing a licensed medical professional to start, modify, or stop a medical or patient care order.

    Usage

    • dénombrable
    • indénombrable

12. The introduction of a liturgical preface, immediately following the Sursum corda dialogue.

    Usage

    • dénombrable
    • indénombrable

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    This protocol of the Preface has been constant, with minor modification, from the Apostolic Tradition, of Hippolytus in 215 A.D., the earliest extant text of the Eucharistic Prayer, to the present 2002 Missale Romanum.

    The proper Preface for Eucharistic Prayer II also appears as Common Preface VI. In it, the protocol and body of the Preface structure are meshed.

    The celebrant then takes up this response in the first part of the preface itself (also known by the technical term ‘protocol’): […]

13. In some programming languages, a data type declaring a set of members that must be implemented by a class or other data type.

    Usage

    • dénombrable
    • indénombrable

Verbe

1. To make a protocol of.

   Usage

   • désuet
   • transitif

2. To make or write protocols, or first drafts; to issue protocols.

   Usage

   • intransitif
   • désuet

   Exemples

   Serene Highnesses, who sit there protocolling and manifestoing, and consoling mankind!

Nom

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

   Synonymes

   communications protocol

   Termes génériques

   ruleprescript

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

   Termes génériques

   etiquette

3. code of correct conduct

   Termes génériques

   code of conductcode of behavior

   Exemples

   safety protocols

   academic protocol