Noun: anonymous ftp
- A common way to make software available; users are allowed to log in as ‘guest’ without a password and copy whatever has been made available
"The university made course materials available via anonymous ftp";
- anonymous file transfer protocol
- (computing) protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
"They used FTP to upload the website files";
- file transfer protocol
- Use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another
"You can FTP these data"
Derived forms: FTPed, FTPing, FTPs
Type of: communications protocol, protocol, transfer
Encyclopedia: FTP