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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


VERB (1)

1. use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another;
- Example: "You can FTP these data"


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
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

ftp \ftp\, FTP \FTP\([e^]f`t[=e]*p[=e]"), prop. v. t. [imp. & p. p. ftp'd or FTP'd ([e^]f`t[=e]*p[=e]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. FTPing or ftp'ing or ftp-ing ([e^]f`t[=e]*p[=e]"[i^]ng).] [acronym from File Transfer Protocol.] (Computers) To send from one computer to another by means of the standard file transfer protocol (ftp); as, he ftp'd me the file yesterday. [acronym] Note: The participle forms have not been standardized, and either lower-case or upper-case may be used, but when lower-case is used, either a hyphen or apostrophe is used before the ed or ing endings. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

FTP 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] v 1: use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another; "You can FTP these data"
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

FTP File Transfer Protocol (Internet, RFC 959)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

FTP Foiled Twisted Pair [cable] (UTP, TP)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

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)