🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

プロトコル

Pronunciation / Transliteration: purotokoru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Protocol/ˈproʊ.tə.kɑːl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"外交プロトコルに従って挨拶を交わした。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions.

    "State protocol dictated that the foreign minister be met at the airport by the ambassador."
  2. 2

    A set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data within a network.

    "The computers communicate using the standard internet protocol."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Early 17th century (denoting the first page of a manuscript, bearing its summary): via medieval Latin from Greek prōtokollon 'first sheet glued to a manuscript', from prōtos 'first' + kollan 'to glue'.

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