Meaning

• 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.

• 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.

• An amendment to an official treaty.

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

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

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

• 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.

• (by extension) An accepted code of conduct; acceptable behaviour in a given situation or group.

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

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

Meaning

• To make a protocol of.

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