On: Why Twitter is such a big deal (2009)

[Clubber]

Before computer science, it was defined as a way of speaking or acting between people in certain situations:

>the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions.

"protocol forbids the prince from making any public statement in his defense"

>the accepted or established code of procedure or behavior in any group, organization, or situation.

"what is the protocol at a conference if one's neighbor dozes off during the speeches?"

[Havoc → Clubber]

Given that he’s talking about TCP I don’t think he meant diplomatic protocols here