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protocol: a standalone construct

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Computer networking

the agreed rules and formats governing how data is exchanged between machines so independently built systems can interoperate.

The agreed rules and formats that govern how data is exchanged between machines: a protocol fixes the structure of messages, the sequence of exchanges, and the action each side takes on what it receives, so that independently built systems can interoperate. Cerf and Kahn's 1974 A protocol for packet network intercommunication set out the design that became TCP, specifying how packets are addressed, ordered, and acknowledged across interconnected networks. The referent is a technical specification for communication between systems, defined by its message formats and its rules of exchange, and it is not a plan for treating a patient, a code of official etiquette, or a bench procedure for an experiment.[1]

Unit
A specification of message formats and exchange rules between systems
Recovery means
When a message is lost or corrupted, the protocol's own rules trigger retransmission or error handling to restore correct exchange
Measured by
Checked by conformance testing against the specification, and gauged in operation by throughput, latency, and error rates

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References

  1. Cerf, V. G., & Kahn, R. E. (1974). A protocol for packet network intercommunication. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 22(5), 637–648. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOM.1974.1092259

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