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<networking, messaging> (uucp) A
Unix utility program and
protocol that allows one Unix system to send files to another via a
serial line which may be a cable going directly from one machine's
serial port to another's or may involve a
modem at each end of a telephone line.
Software is also available to allow uucp to work over
Ethernet though there are better alternatives in this case, e.g.
FTP or
rcp for file transfer,
SMTP for
electronic mail or
NNTP for
news.
The term is now also used to describe the large international network which uses UUCP to pass
Usenet news and
electronic mail, also known as "UUCPNET".
Unix manual page: uucp(1).
See also
cu,
uuencode.
