Protocol

noun

say it: “PROH-tuh-kawl” /ˈproʊtəkɔːl/

The agreed rules two programs follow to communicate over a network, such as HTTP.

What is Protocol?

Protocol — The agreed rules two programs follow to talk over a network: who speaks first, what a message looks like and what each answer means. A browser and a web server both follow HTTP, so they understand each other.

In a sentence

  • “The browser and the server understand each other because both follow the same protocol, HTTP.”

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