what is FTP?

Answer 1

Short for File Transfer Protocol, the protocol for exchanging files over the Internet. FTP works in the same way as HTTP for transferring Web pages from a server to a user's browser and SMTP for transferring electronic mail across the Internet in that, like these technologies, FTP uses the Internet's TCP/IP protocols to enable data transfer.
FTP is most commonly used to download a file from a server using the Internet or to upload a file to a server (e.g., uploading a Web page file to a server).

Answer 2

FTP = File Transfer Protocol

Answer 3

FTP (file transfer protocol) is the protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network. Use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another.

Answer 4

FTP (ĕf'tē-pē')
n.
A communications protocol governing the transfer of files from one computer to another over a network.


v., FTPed, FTP·ing, FTPs.

v.tr.
To transfer (a file) using FTP.

v.intr.
To transfer a file using FTP.

FTP

(Foil Twisted Pair) See twisted pair.

(File Transfer Protocol) A protocol used to transfer files over a TCP/IP network (Internet, Unix, etc.). For example, after developing the HTML pages for a Web site on a local machine, they are typically uploaded to the Web server using FTP.
FTP includes functions to log onto the network, list directories and copy files. It can also convert between the ASCII and EBCDIC character codes. FTP operations can be performed by typing commands at a command prompt or via an FTP utility running under a graphical interface such as Windows. FTP transfers can also be initiated from within a Web browser by entering the URL preceded with ftp://.


FTP Vs. E-Mail

E-mail was designed for ASCII text only. In order to include other file types such as images and programs in an e-mail message, they have to be converted to a full binary format and "attached" to the message. FTP was designed to handle binary files directly and does not add the overhead of encoding and decoding the data as does e-mail.


FTP Vs. HTTP

When you download a Web page, the HTTP protocol is used. HTTP and FTP operate in a similar manner for file transfer, and both support binary files.


It's a Verb Too

The term is also used as a verb; for example, "let's FTP them the file."

FTP
Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to a server on the Internet. On the FTP server, a program called a daemon allows the user to download and upload files. Before the World Wide Web was introduced, FTP was one of the most popular methods of exchanging information over the Internet and many Web sites still use it to disseminate their larger files.

The noun ftp has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (computer science) protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
Synonym: file transfer protocol



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The verb ftp has one meaning:

Meaning #1: use the File Transfer Protocol to transfer data from one computer to another



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FTP
The abbreviation FTP can refer to:

The File Transfer Protocol used on the Internet.
The Federal Theater Project, a U.S. New Deal project.
the Franc Tireurs Partisans ("Partisan irregular riflemen"), a Communist French Resistance movement during World War II.
Foiled twisted pair cabling.
"For ten points", an abbreviation often used in quizbowl questions.
**** the Pope, or **** the Provos, used by supporters of British rule in Northern Ireland.
Slang term for "**** the Police".
The Flexible Transgastric Peritoneoscopy, a method of abdominal surgery through the stomach wall. First presented 2004
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Answer 5

This is the short form of File Transfer Protocol. it enables the transfer of files of the Internet.

Answer 6

it is the File Transfer Protocol, the one which is used to send files from one pc to other

Answer 7

File Transfer Programme. It enables you to transfer files from your work station to your home station.

Answer 8

accronym for file transfer protocol, it is an application to transfer files.