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FTP

noun
1.
Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network.  Synonym: file transfer protocol.
verb
(past & past part. ftp'd; pres. part. ftping or ftp'ing or ftp-ing)
1.
Use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another.



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"Ftp" Quotes from Famous Books



... the geometric growth over a two-year period— through September 1991—of the number of networks that comprise the Internet. This growth has been sustained largely by the availability of three basic functions: electronic mail, file transfer (ftp), and remote log-on (telnet). LARSEN also reviewed the growth in the kind of traffic that occurs on the network. Network traffic reflects the joint contributions of a larger population of users and increasing ...
— LOC WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONIC TEXTS • James Daly


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