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multiprotocol

multiprotocol adjective: involving or supporting more than one protocol.

Adjective

multiprotocol (not comparable)

  1. Involving or supporting more than one protocol.
    • Unlike earlier generation units, new multiprotocol terminals can, under user control, “talk” in any communications protocol.1982, Digital Design, volume 12, page 62
    • In a business environment that may require communications between the IBM PC and devices or host computers in a variety of protocols, a multiprotocol communications capability may be advantageous.1987, Larry E. Jordan, Communications and Networking for the IBM Pc and Compatibles, page 111

Origin of multiprotocol

From multi- + protocol.

Questions about multiprotocol

What does multiprotocol mean?
Multiprotocol means involving or supporting more than one protocol.
What part of speech is multiprotocol?
Multiprotocol is an adjective.

Words near multiprotocol in the dictionary

  1. multiproportional
  2. multiprotection
  3. multiproteic
  4. multiprotein
  5. multiproteinase
  6. multiprotocol
  7. multiprovider
  8. multiprovince
  9. multiprovincial
  10. multiproxy
  11. multips

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