Protocol vs. Procedure

Protocolnoun

The minutes, or official record, of a negotiation or transaction; especially a document drawn up officially which forms the legal basis for subsequent agreements based on it.

Protocolnoun

An official record of a diplomatic meeting or negotiation; later specifically, a draft document setting out agreements to be signed into force by a subsequent formal treaty.

Protocolnoun

(international law) An amendment to an official treaty.

Protocolnoun

The first leaf of a roll of papyrus, or the official mark typically found on such a page.

Protocolnoun

The official formulas which appeared at the beginning or end of certain official documents such as charters, papal bulls etc.

Protocolnoun

(sciences) The original notes of observations made during an experiment; also, the precise method for carrying out or reproducing a given experiment.

Protocolnoun

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.

Protocolnoun

An accepted code of conduct; acceptable behaviour in a given situation or group.

Protocolnoun

(computing) A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network.

Protocolnoun

(medicine) The set of instructions allowing a licensed medical professional to start, modify, or stop a medical or patient care order.

Protocolverb

To make a protocol of.

Protocolverb

To make or write protocols, or first drafts; to issue protocols.

Protocolnoun

The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.

Protocolnoun

The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.

Protocolnoun

A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.

Protocolverb

To make a protocol of.

Protocolverb

To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.

Protocolnoun

(computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

Protocolnoun

forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state

Protocolnoun

code of correct conduct;

Protocolnoun

the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions

Protocolnoun

the accepted or established code of procedure or behaviour in any group, organization, or situation

Protocolnoun

the original draft of a diplomatic document, especially of the terms of a treaty agreed to in conference and signed by the parties

Protocolnoun

an amendment or addition to a treaty or convention

Protocolnoun

a formal or official record of scientific experimental observations

Protocolnoun

a procedure for carrying out a scientific experiment or a course of medical treatment

Protocolnoun

a set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices.

Procedurenoun

A particular method for performing a task.

Procedurenoun

A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.

Procedurenoun

(uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.

Procedurenoun

The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

Procedurenoun

(obsolete) That which results; issue; product.

Procedurenoun

(computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.

Procedurenoun

(medicine) A surgical operation.

Procedurenoun

The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.

Procedurenoun

A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

Procedurenoun

That which results; issue; product.

Procedurenoun

a particular course of action intended to achieve a result;

Procedurenoun

a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work;

Procedurenoun

a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

Procedurenoun

a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

Procedurenoun

an established or official way of doing something

Procedurenoun

a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner

Procedurenoun

a surgical operation

Procedurenoun

another term for subroutine