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ftp
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ftp has 1 sense
- ftp(n = noun.communication) file transfer protocol - protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network; Array is a kind of communications protocol, protocol
has particulars: anonymous file transfer protocol, anonymous ftp
Derived form verb ftp1
Verb ftp has 1 sense
- ftp(v = verb.possession) Array - use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another; "You can FTP these data" is one way to transfer
Derived form noun ftp1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
ftp, n. [acronym from File Transfer Protocol.]. [acronym from File Transfer Protocol.].
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. [PJC]
ftp, v. t. [acronym from File Transfer Protocol.]. [acronym from File Transfer Protocol.].
To send from one computer to another by means of the standard file transfer protocol (ftp); as, he ftp'd me the file yesterday.
"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]
"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]
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