Protocol
nounid
3712·updated May 9, 2026candidate
Set of rules and formats, semantic and syntactic, permitting information systems to exchange information.
Classifications
Entity Type
Network95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Protocols
- possessive
- Protocol's
- pluralpossessive
- Protocols'
Framework definitions
- §1
- A formal specification for communicating; an IP address the special set of rules that end points in a telecommunication connection use when they communicate. Protocols exist at several levels in a telecommunication connection.
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- The rules by which a network operates and controls the flow and priority of transmissions
- §1
- Set of rules and formats, semantic and syntactic, permitting information systems to exchange information.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
- §1
- A format for transmitting data between devices.
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- Set of rules and formats, semantic and syntactic, permitting information systems to exchange information.
- §1
- Set of rules and formats, semantic and syntactic, permitting information systems to exchange information.
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