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• This protocol was a new means of moving data across the network bit by bit and then later assembling these fragments at the other end NOTE: TCP is the primary protocol used on the Internet today. —  Maximum Security -- Ch 7 -- Birth of a Network: The Internet
• With any injury, you're always going to get what we refer to as a protocol, 'OK, this is where these people should be,' but everybody heals differently. —  JSOnline.com
• Although the courts have upheld Missouri's lethal injection protocol, the lawsuit challenges the way the protocol was adopted without the opportunity for public comment. —  Kansas City Star: Front Page
• In the context of data networking, a protocol is a formal set of rules and conventions that governs how computers exchange information over a network medium. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
• Note that valknut only supports the old (but more common) NMDC protocol, it has no support for the new ADC protocol which is being developed by the DC++ developers. —  KDE-Apps.org Content

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