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- packet
- packet switching
- parity bit
- perfect
- perfect record
- permanent preservation
- permanent preservation system
- persistent archive
- persistent format
- persistent object
- persistent object preservation
- persistent storage
- person
- pertinent
- physical form
- physical person
- physical structure
- plaintext
- planned disposition
- platform
- platform-independent
- platform-neutral
- policy
- potential record
- preamble
- precise
- presented digital record
- preservation
- preservation emulation
- preservation strategy
- preservation system
- preserved record
- preserver
- presumption of authenticity
- primary storage
- primitiveness
- priority of transmission
- private key
- probative
- probative record
- procedural context
- procedure
- process
- program record
- property sheets
- proprietary
- prospective record
- protocol
- protocol register
- provenance
- provenancial context
- pseudo-original
- public accountability
- public key
- public key cryptosystem
- public key encryption
- public key infrastructure
- publication
Term | protocol
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- n., [computing] A set of formal rules describing how to transmit data, especially across a network. Low level protocols define the electrical and physical standards to be observed, bit- and byte-ordering and the transmission and error detection and correction of the bitstream. High level protocols deal with the data formatting, including the syntax of messages, the terminal to computer dialogue, character sets, sequencing of messages, etc.
- n., [documentary form] The initial section of a document, usually containing the identification of the persons concurring to its formation and of its temporal, geographical and administrative context.
- n., [record] See: protocol register
