FTP

American  

abbreviation

1. File Transfer Protocol: a software protocol for exchanging information between computers over a network.

2. any program that implements this protocol.

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verb (used with object)

FTPed, FTPing

1. (often lowercase) to send (files) to or receive (files) from a remote computer via FTP.

FTP British  

noun

1. file transfer protocol; the standard protocol used to transfer files across the internet, or a similar network, between computer systems

2. the program implementing this

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verb

1. (tr) to transfer (a file) in this way

FTP Scientific  

/ ĕf′tē-pē′ /

1. Short for File Transfer Protocol. A communications protocol governing the transfer of files between computers over a network.

2. Compare HTTP SMTP

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Etymology

Origin of FTP

First recorded in 1970–75

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Example Sentences

The hackers were focused on SolarWinds’ Serv-U FTP software, with the presumed goal of accessing the company’s clients in the US defense industry.

From The Verge • Jul. 14, 2021

Now there's "Miss Juneteenth," and of course, if people look closely, you appear in the new YG "FTP" video.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2020

One of eight recommendations made in the latest study is that reform of the law of rape to include FTP cases requires "serious consideration".

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2019

Months after the Georgia election, Bev Harris, the election-integrity activist, discovered the FTP server that Diebold used to distribute software patches for its machines in Georgia.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2018

I found a digital copy of the sixty-seven-year-old Tomb of Horrors module buried deep in an ancient FTP archive.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline