1.
[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)