FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] (computer science) protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network

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	Synonyms:	ftp

	See Also:	anonymous file transfer protocol, anonymous ftp, communications protocol, protocol

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	(FTP) A client-server protocol which allows a user on one computer to transfer files to and from another computer over a TCP/IP network. Also the client program the user executes to transfer files. It is defined in STD 9, RFC 959. See also anonymous FTP, FSP, TFTP. Unix manual page: ftp(1).