<s>
In	O
computer	B-Architecture
networking	I-Architecture
,	O
a	O
wire	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
refers	O
to	O
a	O
way	O
of	O
getting	O
data	O
from	O
point	O
to	O
point	O
:	O
A	O
wire	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
is	O
needed	O
if	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
application	O
has	O
to	O
interoperate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
transport	B-Architecture
protocols	I-Architecture
at	O
the	O
transport	O
level	O
(	O
like	O
TCP	B-Protocol
or	O
UDP	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
the	O
term	O
wire	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
is	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
a	O
common	O
way	O
to	O
exchange	O
information	O
at	O
the	O
application	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
refers	O
to	O
an	O
application	B-Application
layer	I-Application
protocol	O
and	O
defines	O
all	O
the	O
required	O
attributes	O
for	O
the	O
data	O
exchange	O
,	O
like	O
data	O
types	O
(	O
units	O
of	O
data	O
,	O
message	O
formats	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
,	O
YAML	B-Protocol
)	O
and	O
requires	O
a	O
mechanism	O
of	O
data	O
binding	O
(	O
using	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
common	O
encoding	B-Protocol
scheme	I-Protocol
like	O
XSD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
wire	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
may	O
be	O
either	O
text-based	O
or	O
a	O
binary	O
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
an	O
important	O
architectural	O
decision	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
separate	O
matter	O
from	O
the	O
distinction	O
between	O
wire	B-Protocol
protocols	I-Protocol
and	O
programmatic	O
APIs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
electronics	O
,	O
a	O
wire	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
is	O
the	O
mechanism	O
used	O
to	O
transmit	O
data	O
from	O
one	O
point	O
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
wire	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
provides	O
the	O
means	O
for	O
the	O
interoperation	O
of	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
applications	O
in	O
a	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wire	B-Protocol
protocols	I-Protocol
provide	O
the	O
means	O
for	O
a	O
program	O
running	O
under	O
one	O
operating	O
system	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
a	O
program	O
running	O
under	O
some	O
other	O
operating	O
system	O
over	O
a	O
network	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
organization	O
's	O
intranet	B-General_Concept
or	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
wire	B-Protocol
protocols	I-Protocol
are	O
language-independent	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
communication	O
of	O
programs	O
written	O
in	O
different	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
wire	B-Protocol
protocols	I-Protocol
include	O
:	O
</s>
