| Stands for File
Transfer Protocol. This program will let you transfer files from
your computer onto another computer server. For example, you could
use FTP to copy that picture of your cat off your computer's hard
drive onto your homepage's server.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP), a
standard Internet protocol, is the simplest way to exchange files
between computers on the Internet. Like the Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP), which transfers displayable Web pages and related
files, and the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), which transfers
e-mail, FTP is an application protocol that uses the Internet's
TCP/IP protocols. FTP is commonly used to transfer Web page files
from their creator to the computer that acts as their server for
everyone on the Internet. It's also commonly used to download
programs and other files to your computer from other servers. |
