OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11574

protocol

/ˈpɹəʊtəˌkɒl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
protocolo
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.
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…
protocolo
A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network.
An exception is Jabber, which is designed based on an open protocol called the extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP).
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
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