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FTP
abbreviation for
- File Transfer Protocol: a software protocol for exchanging information between computers over a network.
- any program that implements this protocol.
verb (used with object)
, FTPed, FTP·ing.
- (often lowercase) to send (files) to or receive (files) from a remote computer via FTP.
FTP
noun
- file transfer protocol; the standard protocol used to transfer files across the internet, or a similar network, between computer systems
- the program implementing this
verb
- tr to transfer (a file) in this way
FTP
/ ĕf′tē-pē′ /
- Short for File Transfer Protocol . A communications protocol governing the transfer of files between computers over a network.
- Compare HTTP
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Origin of FTP1
First recorded in 1970–75
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