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• plural of protocol.

protocols

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1. Agreed-upon standards and practices in technology (particularly information technology) that allow systems manufactured by many different companies to be compatible with each other and work within common larger systems. Protocols are established by industry trade groups, governments, or some combination thereof.

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The attack on Binance came as many observers express worries that the ever-expanding capabilities of artificial intelligence models could compromise cryptography and IT security protocols.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

ServiceNow’s AI Control Tower allows organizations to enact proper governance and security protocols for AI agents.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

The broader goal is to move beyond treating patients with standardized protocols and toward interventions guided by measurable biological information.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Some hospitals have also boosted safety protocols to deal with the risk of serious violence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

I was searching for software, brainpower, complex algorithms, knowledge workers, call centers, transmission protocols, breakthroughs in optical engineering—the sources of wealth in our day.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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