<You are also correct that strictly speaking the words "protocol" and
< "algorithm" are probably the same.
No, they aren't.
In protocols it is essential that there are at least 2 communicating entities
running the same protocol (or at least compatible protocols).
Each side may be running algorithm(s), but the protocol states what I have to
do when
the other side sends (or doesn't send) me a message of a certain type.
Algorithms frequently have inputs, but these need not come from other
algorithms,
and are treated accordingly.
Y(J)S
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