the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.

an original draft, minute, or record from which a document, esp. a treaty, is prepared.

a supplementary international agreement.

an agreement between states.

an annex to a treaty giving data relating to it.

Medicine/Medical . the plan for carrying out a scientific study or a patient's treatment regimen.

Computers . a set of rules governing the format of messages that are exchanged between computers.

Also called protocol statement, protocol sentence, protocol proposition. Philosophy . a statement reporting an observation or experience in the most fundamental terms without interpretation

sometimes taken as the basis of empirical verification, as of scientific laws.

to draft or issue a protocol.

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bad manners , crudeness , impropriety

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agreement , code , compact , concordat , contract , conventions , courtesy , covenant , custom , decorum , etiquette , formalities , good form , manners , obligation , order , pact , politesse , propriety , p’s and q’s , treaty , ceremoniousness , formality , punctiliousness , behavior