Etiquette

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Etiquette

Etiquette is the code that governs the expectations of social behavior, the conventional norm. It is an unwritten code, but it may be codified in written form. The ancient Greek equivalent of etiquette was protokollon, protocol, meaning the written formula for ceremonial. Etiquette usually reflects formulas of conduct in which society or tradition have invested.

One example is the Play Party Etiquette used to govern the activities at an event.


Protocol

Etymology

French protocole, Late Latin protocollum, from Greek (πρωτόκολλον) the first leaf glued to the rolls of papyrus and the notarial documents, on which the date was written; prw^tos the first (see Proto- + glue.)

Noun - Singular = "protocol" / Plural = "protocols"

A (set of) rule(s) by which an activity, meeting or party is "managed".

  • The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.
  • The minutes, or rough draft, of an instrument or transaction.
  • (diplomacy) A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.
  • (diplomacy) A convention not formally ratified.
  • (diplomacy) An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.
  • (computing) A set of formal rules describing how to transmit data, especially across a network. A message syntax or electrical specification and a description 2 or more communication nodes: finite state machines, the transition functions of which take messages or times as input and, when then so triggered, may themselves send messages.

High Protocol

In Leather/BDSM communities, "high protocol" indicates that the "protocol(s)" are mandated and must be followed. Such protocols often state what should be worn, how people are to be addressed, etc.

Low Protocol

"Low protocol" indicates that the protocols are to be treated more as guidelines than as hard rules.

See also

A Personal Note from Robin


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