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A glossary of storage networking, data, and information management terminology. To learn more about the SNIA Dictionary click here.

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protocol

A set of rules that control an interaction between two or more entities in communication with one another, e.g., TCP ports, Fibre Channel FC-4 processes and polite humans.

Rules may specify the formats of a set of communication messages, and in what sequences they are expected to occur.

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