1. protocol - Noun
2. protocol - Verb
The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.
The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.
A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.
A convention not formally ratified.
An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.
To make a protocol of.
To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAnyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat. Robert A. Heinlein
"You simply disobey. Peaceably, yes. Respectfully, of course. Nonviolently, absolutely. But when told how to think or what to say or how to behave, we don't. We disobey the social protocol that stifles and stigmatizes personal freedom.” 16 February 1999. Charlton Heston
To put that into some perspective, when Bill Clinton and Al Gore had first taken the idea of the Kyoto Protocol up to the Congress, the United States Senate voted it down 95 to nothing. Christine Todd Whitman
We think that the Kyoto protocol is a necessary document, necessary process. I am convinced that we will agree to disagree about substance. Göran Persson
I'm not a protocol fetishist. People can address me however they want. For me, it is about people feeling at ease when I'm with them. Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
All content of science, and also their protocol statements that are used for verification, are selected on the basis of decisions and can be altered in principle. Otto Neurath