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Glossary of Data Communications Terms
Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.
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Term:
protocol
Definition:
(1) A specification for the format and relative timing of
information exchanged between communicating parties. (2)
In SNA, the meanings of, and the sequencing rules for,
requests and responses used for managing the network,
transferring data, and synchronizing the states of network
components. (3) A formal set of conventions governing the
format and relative timing of message exchange in a
communications network. (4) formal description of a set of
rules and conventions that govern how devices on a network
exchange information.
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