History
The first use of the term protocol in a modern data-commutation context occurs in April 1967 in a memorandum entitled A Protocol for Use in the See more

There are two types of communication protocols, based on their representation of the content being carried: text-based and binary. See more

Systems engineering principles have been applied to create a set of common network protocol design principles. The design of complex protocols often involves decomposition into … See more

The wire image of a protocol is the information that a non-participant observer is able to glean from observing the protocol messages, including both information explicitly given meaning by the protocol, but also inferences made by the observer. … See more

Getting the data across a network is only part of the problem for a protocol. The data received has to be evaluated in the context of the … See more

For communication to occur, protocols have to be selected. The rules can be expressed by algorithms and data structures. Hardware and operating system … See more

Protocol ossification is the loss of flexibility, extensibility and evolvability of network protocols. This is largely due to middleboxes that are sensitive to the wire image of the … See more