'file transfer protocol' definitions:
Definition of 'file transfer protocol'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'file transfer protocol'
From: GCIDE
- 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