<span>Both protocol and standard define set of rules used by two or more parties to interact between themselves.</span> The difference is that a standard is a formalized<span> protocol accepted by </span>most of the parties that implement it. Standards have exact and detailed specification regarding the network and define guidelines that specify the communication between the parties, Examples for protocols are: <span>hyper-text transfer </span>protocol<span> (HTTP), file transfer </span>protocol<span> (FTP) ,transmission control </span>protocol<span> / internet </span>protocol<span> (TCP/IP)... Examples for standards: IEEE 802.3, </span>IEEE 802.7, IEEE 802.11,..
