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[syn: anonymous ftp, anonymous file transfer protocol]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
anonymous ftp
n 1: a common way to make software available; users are allowed
to log in as `guest' without a password and copy whatever
has been made available [syn: anonymous ftp, anonymous
file transfer protocol]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
anonymous FTP
An interactive service provided by many
Internet hosts allowing any user to transfer documents,
files, programs, and other archived data using File Transfer
Protocol. The user logs in using the special user name
"ftp" or "anonymous" and his e-mail address as password.
He then has access to a special directory hierarchy containing
the publically accessible files, typically in a subdirectory
called "pub". This is usually a separate area from files used
by local users.
A reference like
ftp: euagate.eua.ericsson.se /pub/eua/erlang/info
means that files are available by anonymous FTP from the host
called euagate.eua.ericsson.se in the directory (or file)
/pub/eua/erlang/info. Sometimes the hostname will be
followed by an Internet address in parentheses. The
directory will usually be given as a path relative to the
anonymous FTP login directory. A reference to a file
available by FTP may also be in the form of a URL starting
"ftp:".
See also Archie, archive site, EFS, FTP by mail,
web.
(1995-11-26)