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FTP

Pronunciation: /ɛftiːˈpiː/
Computing
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Definition of FTP

abbreviation

  • file transfer protocol, a standard for the exchange of program and data files across a network.

verb (FTPs, FTPing or FTP'ing, FTPed or FTP'ed)

[with object] informal
  • transfer (a file) from one computer or system to another, especially on the Internet: there is plenty of info to be FTPed

FTP in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of FTP in the US English dictionary
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