FTP

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  FTP
       n : protocol that allows users to copy files between their local
           system and any system they can reach on the network [syn:
            {file transfer protocol}]
       v : use the File Transfer Protocol to transfer data from one
           computer to another; "You can FTP these data"

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  FTP
       File Transfer Protocol (Internet, RFC 959)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  FTP
       Foiled Twisted Pair [cable] (UTP, TP)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  FTP /F-T-P/, _not_ /fit'ip/ 1. [techspeak] n. The File Transfer
     Protocol for transmitting files between systems on the Internet. 2. vt.
     To {beam} a file using the File Transfer Protocol. 3. Sometimes used as
     a generic even for file transfers not using {FTP}. "Lemme get a copy of
     "Wuthering Heights" ftp'd from uunet."
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  FTP
       
          {File Transfer Protocol}