file transfer protocol

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

file transfer protocol
    n 1: protocol that allows users to copy files between their
         local system and any system they can reach on the network
         [syn: {file transfer protocol}, {FTP}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ftp \ftp\, FTP \FTP\([e^]f`t[=e]*p[=e]"), n. [acronym from File
   Transfer Protocol.] (Computers)
   An acronym for {file transfer protocol}, a standardized
   protocol used to allow transmission of files between
   computers; as, send me the file by ftp. It consists of a set
   of coded signals which are transmitted between computers, and
   which inform the receiving computer of the nature of a packet
   of information to be transmitted, and inform the transmitting
   computer when a packet has been successfully received.
   [acronym]
   [PJC] ftp

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

File Transfer Protocol
FTP

   (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)