file transfer protocol

Definitions

Electronics

• A protocol utilized for transferring files over a TCP/IP network, such as the Internet. In incorporates functions such as conversions between character codes, and accepts commands, such as directory listing. Its abbreviation is FTP.

Information & Library Science

• noun a TCP/IP standard for transferring files between computers.

Nearby Definitions of “file transfer protocol”

• file security
• file server
• file sharing
• file transfer
• File Transfer, Access, and Management
• file transfer protocol
• file type
• file upload
• file viewer
• filename
• filename extension

Contexts for “file transfer protocol”

2 definitions in context
• Electronics
• Information & Library Science