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Noun: anonymous ftp
  1. 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
Noun: FTP
  1. (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
Verb: FTP
  1. 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