{"id":731,"slug":"protocol","name":"Protocol (disambiguation)","short_description":"Protocol can mean either interface in OOP or communication protocol in networking and data exchange.","url":"https://github.com/topics/protocol","github_count":4181,"created_by":null,"logo_url":null,"released":null,"wikipedia_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol#computing","related_topics":["interface","network-protocol","communication-protocol"],"aliases":[],"github_url":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProtocol\u003c/strong\u003e can mean different things, depending on the context:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"/topics/oop\"\u003eOOP\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e, it refers to \u003ca href=\"/topics/interface\"\u003einterface\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003enetworking/data exchange\u003c/strong\u003e, it refers to \u003ca href=\"/topics/network-protocol\"\u003enetwork-protocol\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"/topics/communication-protocol\"\u003ecommunication-protocol\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n","created_at":"2024-07-29T13:54:51.690Z","updated_at":"2026-06-12T00:20:46.887Z","topic_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/topics/protocol","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/topics/protocol","projects_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects?keyword=protocol","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/lists?topic=protocol"}