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Resp - Redis Encoding (and) Serialization Protocol
Nap - Non Ascii Protocol
Fixpre - (Joke on prefixed length protocol)
Bulex - BULk Exchange protocol
Asterdoll - (Joke on asterisk and dollar, two important characters)
Trinex - TRIvial NEtwork eXchange protocol
Qasp - Question-Answer simple protocol
Prest - from italian "protocollo estensibile di trasmissione"
Meux - as a tribute to Meucci (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci)
Reasy
Hcp (human/computer protocol)
Simpro (simple protocol & medication)
Sescii (simple enough schoon can implement it)

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"Sider" (redis backwards) for the "Back and forthness" of the protocol ;)

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but maybe:

RedisP
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REP

Agree with @sunra. RESP could confuse with REST

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"RESP could confuse with REST", @pfraze - agree 100%

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And the winner is... RESP. Thank you guys, it looks like a minor thing but giving a name to the protocol could be useful as the protocol itself is not only relevant for Redis but could be reused.