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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]


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
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]
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)