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🌐 A file transfer protocol 📤 To send files
FTP

FTP

8 4.1
A way for computers to send and receive files over a network
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : FTP
  • To share large files quickly, we use FTP to upload them to a server.
  • FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
  • anonymous FTP
  • FTP server

There were separate proxies at this end for HTTP, for FTP and so on.

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Examples

  • The IT department recommends using FTP for secure file transfers during the project.

  • Faculty should use FTP to share course syllabi, program summaries, and other educational materials.

    Academic text (1993)

  • I back everything up, and then I use an FTP site.

    Director's Cut (2016)

  • Professionals in the field should use FTP to distribute case studies, draft documents, and other program materials.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The CLEA team established FTP and World Wide Web sites early on.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The selected data are provided for download via a corresponding FTP server.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The process generally employs FTP (File Transfer Protocol) but is not apparent in many web browsers.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Mosaic and Netscape are both available for downloading via anonymous FTP (see the Reference list for details).

    Academic text (1995)

  • You can easily access documents on the company’s FTP server from any computer connected to the network.

Synonyms

File Transfer Protocol
vsFTP
  • Specialized
3.7

A standard way for computers to send files to each other over the internet

is the abbreviated short form used instead of the full name

Compounds

anonymous FTP
  • Specialized
5.1

A way to get files from an FTP server by logging in as a guest without a personal account

How Secure

SSH
  • Specialized
5.4
HTTPS
  • Texting
4.2
HTTP
  • Texting
118 3.4
FTP
  • Specialized
8 4.1
Telnet
  • Specialized
1 7.0

Surface Forms

FTP singular
FTPs plural

Morphology

FTP = file + transfer + protocol (semi-transparent) = F + T + P

FTP is an initialism of 'File Transfer Protocol'; the expanded words directly describe its function, so knowing them makes the meaning clear. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]

Etymology

FTP is a short name made from the first letters of File 'file', Transfer 'move', and Protocol 'set of rules'. So FTP is a standard way to move files between computers.