'FTP' definitions:
Definition of 'FTP'
(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]
verb
Use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another; "You can FTP these data"
Definition of 'FTP'
From: GCIDE
- ftp \ftp\, FTP \FTP\([e^]f`t[=e]*p[=e]"), prop. v. t. [imp. & p. p. ftp'd or FTP'd ([e^]f`t[=e]*p[=e]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. FTPing or ftp'ing or ftp-ing ([e^]f`t[=e]*p[=e]"[i^]ng).] [acronym from File Transfer Protocol.] (Computers) To send from one computer to another by means of the standard file transfer protocol (ftp); as, he ftp'd me the file yesterday. [acronym]
- Note: The participle forms have not been standardized, and either lower-case or upper-case may be used, but when lower-case is used, either a hyphen or apostrophe is used before the ed or ing endings. [PJC]
Definition of 'FTP'
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
Definition of 'ftp'
From: GCIDE
- ftp \ftp\, FTP \FTP\([e^]f`t[=e]*p[=e]"), prop. v. t. [imp. & p. p. ftp'd or FTP'd ([e^]f`t[=e]*p[=e]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. FTPing or ftp'ing or ftp-ing ([e^]f`t[=e]*p[=e]"[i^]ng).] [acronym from File Transfer Protocol.] (Computers) To send from one computer to another by means of the standard file transfer protocol (ftp); as, he ftp'd me the file yesterday. [acronym]
- Note: The participle forms have not been standardized, and either lower-case or upper-case may be used, but when lower-case is used, either a hyphen or apostrophe is used before the ed or ing endings. [PJC]
Definition of 'ftp'
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
Acronyms for 'ftp'
From: V.E.R.A.
- File Transfer Protocol (Internet, RFC 959)
- Foiled Twisted Pair [cable] (UTP, TP)