Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A communications protocol governing the transfer of files from one computer to another over a network.
- intransitive verb To transfer (a file) using FTP.
- intransitive verb To transfer a file using FTP.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Internet
File Transfer Protocol ; a common way to transfer files over theinternet . - verb To transfer files between computers using FTP.
- initialism psychology future time perspective
- initialism video games
free-to-play
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For the web WinNc allows you to upload your homepage files to a http/ftp server using the built in FTP function.
2BakSa.Net vestern 2010
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The term FTP refers to a file transfer protocol for exchanging and manipulating files over a TCP computer network.
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Way back in FTP [110], we were already more than ready to see Rahm make an exit.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [141] -- Rahm's Exit Contest Winner Announced Chris Weigant 2010
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Way back in FTP [110], we were already more than ready to see Rahm make an exit.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [141] -- Rahm's Exit Contest Winner Announced Chris Weigant 2010
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Way back in FTP [110], we were already more than ready to see Rahm make an exit.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [141] -- Rahm's Exit Contest Winner Announced Chris Weigant 2010
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A word about security: FTP is not a secure protocol; all the file transfers happen in the clear, which makes them ripe for sniffing.
Build a Home FTP Server with FileZilla | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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My action: deactived and deleted all caching plugins and their cache folders (best via SSH as FTP is a PITA with so many files).
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Latest Nikon digicam has Wi-Fi option and built-in FTP
Boing Boing 2003
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Ok, a super petty bitch about Mac’s OS X: Why on earth would you build in FTP functionality to the Finder, but leave it half-assed, enabling you to mount an FTP server in read mode only, so you can download, but not upload?
WTF, OSX? 2005
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The new version of Blogger is now available to blogs with FTP, that is, non-blogspot addresses.
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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