Regulation vs. Protocol — What's the Difference?

Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context.

The official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions

A rule or directive made and maintained by an authority

The original draft of a diplomatic document, especially of the terms of a treaty agreed to in conference and signed by the parties

The action or process of regulating or being regulated

A formal or official record of scientific experimental observations

The act of regulating or the state of being regulated.

A set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices.

A principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern conduct.

The forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state.

A governmental order having the force of law. Also called executive order.

A code of correct conduct

(Embryology) The capacity of an embryo to continue normal development following injury to or alteration of a structure.

The first copy of a treaty or other such document before its ratification.

(Sports) The standard playing period for a timed game, prior to overtime or a shootout.

A preliminary draft or record of a transaction.

(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.

The plan for a course of medical treatment or for a scientific experiment.

(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

(Computers) A standard procedure for regulating data transmission between computers.

A type of law made by the executive branch of government, usually by virtue of a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.

To form or issue protocols.

A numbered provision within such kind of law.

The minutes, or official record, of a negotiation or transaction; especially a document drawn up officially which forms the legal basis for subsequent agreements based on it.

(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.

An official record of a diplomatic meeting or negotiation; later specifically, a draft document setting out agreements to be signed into force by a subsequent formal treaty.

(genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.

(international law) An amendment to an official treaty.

(medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.

The first leaf of a roll of papyrus, or the official mark typically found on such a page.

In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.

The official formulas which appeared at the beginning or end of certain official documents such as charters, papal bulls etc.

The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

(sciences) The original notes of observations made during an experiment; also, the precise method for carrying out or reproducing a given experiment.

A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.

The official rules and guidelines for heads of state and other dignitaries, governing accepted behaviour in relations with other diplomatic representatives or over affairs of state.

An authoritative rule

An accepted code of conduct; acceptable behaviour in a given situation or group.

A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior;

(computing) A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network.

The state of being controlled or governed

(medicine) The set of instructions allowing a licensed medical professional to start, modify, or stop a medical or patient care order.

(embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered

To make a protocol of.

The act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

To make or write protocols, or first drafts; to issue protocols.

The act of controlling or directing according to rule;

The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.

Prescribed by or according to regulation;

The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.

A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.

To make a protocol of.

To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.

(computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

Forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state

Code of correct conduct;