protocol
CONTEXT [Fibre Channel] [Network] [SCSI] A set of rules for using an interconnect or a network so that information conveyed
on the interconnect can be correctly interpreted by all parties to the communication. Protocols include such aspects of communication
as data representation, data item ordering, message formats, message and response sequencing rules, block data transmission
conventions, timing requirements, and so forth. (The Dictionary of Storage Networking Terminology, 2004)