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| author | Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> | 2011-12-03 11:05:10 -0600 |
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| committer | Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> | 2011-12-03 11:05:10 -0600 |
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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kioslave/ftp.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kioslave/ftp.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b42e7c08e60 --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kioslave/ftp.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +<article id="ftp"> +<title +>&FTP;</title> +<articleinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author +>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> +<othercredit role="translator" +><firstname +>Malcolm</firstname +><surname +>Hunter</surname +><affiliation +><address +><email +>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email +></address +></affiliation +><contrib +>Conversion to British English</contrib +></othercredit +> +</authorgroup> +</articleinfo> + +<para +>&FTP; is the Internet service used to transfer a data file from the disk of one computer to the disk of another, regardless of the operating system type. </para> + +<para +>Similar to other Internet applications, &FTP; uses the client-server approach — a user invokes an &FTP; program on the computer, instructs it to contact a remote computer, and then requests the transfer of one or more files. The local &FTP; program becomes a client that uses <acronym +>TCP</acronym +> to contact an &FTP; server program on the remote computer. Each time the user requests a file transfer, the client and the server programs cooperate to send a copy of the data across the Internet. </para> + +<para +>&FTP; servers which allow <quote +>anonymous &FTP;</quote +> permit any user, not only users with accounts on the host, to browse the <quote +>ftp</quote +> archives and download files. Some &FTP; servers are configured to allow users to upload files. </para> + +<para +>&FTP; is commonly used to retrieve information and obtain software stored in files at &FTP; archive sites throughout the world. </para> + + +<para +>Source: Paraphrased from <ulink url="http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/ftpdef.htm" +> http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/ftpdef.htm</ulink +> </para> + +<para +>See the manual: <ulink url="man:/ftp" +>ftp</ulink +>.</para> + +</article> |