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Computer protocols are a good analogy for a conversation.
Leads to the concept of Clarification.
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The meaning of Hello or Hola or HELO
All communication protocols start with declaring you are open to communicate and hint at what language we communicate in.
Authenticate each party
Is the other person/computer safe to talk to? What is their status? What information can be shared with them?
Information is bidirectionally exchanged
Just like in human Conversation
Narratives/Language/Ideas must be compatible for the conversation to work
If a computer isn’t running software which is compatible then the conversation doesn’t work.
Likewise two humans that don’t have compatible language, ideas and beliefs about the subject matter in kind have a hard job communicating with each other.
This is also a Systems Exchange for the presumed benefit of both systems.