FLIP vs communications protocol

FLIP and communications protocol both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
FLIP	Yes	No	No	No
communications protocol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, communications protocol is a hypernym of FLIP; that is, communications protocol is a word with a broader meaning than FLIP:

FLIP: a suite of internet protocols, which provide Security transparency, security and network management.
communications protocol: (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

Other hypernyms of FLIP include protocol.

FLIP (noun)	communications protocol (noun)
a suite of internet protocols, which provide Security transparency, security and network management.	(computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data