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FTP

noun

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)

Use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another.

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... 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

... 1. /n./ The {FidoNet} equivalent of {FTP}, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and {snarf}s one or more files. Often abbreviated 'FReq'; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced ...

— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0

... Flajolet and Andrew Odlyzko in Random Mapping Statistics you can have the article at ftp://netlib.att.com/netlib/att/math/odlyzko/index.html 1 - ...

— Miscellaneous Mathematical Constants • Various

... and Andrew Odlyzko in Random Mapping Statistics you can have the article at ftp://netlib.att.com/netlib/att/math/odlyzko/index.html 1 ...

— Miscellaneous Mathematical Constants • Various