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Just thought some of our members would like the Dictionary Definition of the word that is causing so much tension. PROTOCOL
pro⋅to⋅col    Show Spelled Pronunciation [proh-tuh-kawl, -kol, -koh)
-noun 1. the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
2. an original draft, minute, or record from which a document, esp. a treaty, is prepared.
3. a supplementary international agreement.
4. an agreement between states.
5. an annex to a treaty giving data relating to it.
6. Medicine/Medical. the plan for carrying out a scientific study or a patient's treatment regimen.
7. Computers. a set of rules governing the format of messages that are exchanged between computers.
8. 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.
-verb (used without object) 9. to draft or issue a protocol.
Origin:
1535-45; earlier protocoll < ML prōtocollum < LGk prōtókollon orig., a leaf or tag attached to a rolled papyrus manuscript and containing notes as to contents
