Google| Subject | Re: Paintshop and Corel |
| From | Tony Cooper |
| Date | 2013-11-26 15:33 (2013-11-26 09:33) |
| Message-ID | <1nm89997ts90b38qo4kkr909katf2s578m@4ax.com> |
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| Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
| Follows | Sandman |
| Followups | Sandman (27m) > Tony Cooper |
On 26 Nov 2013 06:58:36 GMT, Sandman <mr@sandman.net>wrote:
SandmanProtocols determine the standard way of doing something. When you follow a given set of rules in doing a particular task, those rules become the standard for that task.
In article <e827991dg0og06a45fc4u1qosu1l5t63im@4ax.com>, Tony Cooper wrote:Sandmannospam
that's very different than how often someone will be backing up and to where. a backup program could use ftp to back up, although it's very unlikely that it would.you're well outside of your league.Tony Cooper
Why do you think "Protocol" is in that term? It says "This is the standard". My reference is not comparing FTP to back-ups, but to try to show you that "Protocol" is used to mean the "standard" way something is done. Your backup protocol is the standard way you will do backups.
Stop using "standard" as a synonym for the word "protocol", they are not.
A protocol is a set of rules and/or steps in a given procedure. It need not be "standard" in any way, and may even have never been used.
This is more of a language issue than a computer issue. You are evidently thinking that I am using it to mean "a standard". I have not. A protocol is "the standard" for the task.
"A standard" would be something that can be adopted for many uses, and you are correct that protocols are not "a standard". However, using "the" instead of "a" the usage becomes limited to that one task and is a correct use. Also, using "the standard" is not using the word as a synonym because it is used an adjective, not a noun.
-- Tony Cooper - Orlando FL
2013-11-16-
