File Transfer Protocol




(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).



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