Definition of protocolling:
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(computing) A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network.
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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.
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(medicine) The set of instructions allowing a licensed medical professional to start, modify, or stop a medical or patient care order.
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(sciences) The precise method for carrying out or reproducing a given experiment.
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(by extension) An accepted code of conduct; acceptable behaviour in a given situation or group.
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(sciences) The original notes of observations made during an experiment.