FTP Syllabification: (FTP) ComputingTranslate FTP | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of FTP abbreviation file transfer protocol, a standard for the exchange of program and data files across a network. verb (FTPs, FTP'ing, FTP'd or FTP'ed) [with object] informal transfer (a file) from one computer or system to another, especially on the Internet. FTP in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of FTP in the British & World English dictionary