file transfer protocol

n : (computer science) protocol that allows users to copy files

between their local system and any system they can reach

on the network [syn: {ftp}]

File Transfer Protocol

(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).

(1994-12-01)