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<article lang="&language;" id="ftp">
<title>&FTP;</title>
<articleinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>&Lauri.Watts;</author>
<author>&tde-authors;</author>
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</authorgroup>
<releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo>
<date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date>
<copyright>
<year>2010</year>
<holder>&Lauri.Watts;</holder>
</copyright>
<copyright>
<year>&tde-copyright-date;</year>
<holder>&tde-team;</holder>
</copyright>
<abstract>
<para>
This handbook describes the &FTP; protocol.
</para>
</abstract>
<keywordset>
<keyword>TDE</keyword>
<keyword>ftp</keyword>
<keyword>protocol</keyword>
</keywordset>
</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>
Original 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>Read the man page: <ulink url="man:/ftp">ftp</ulink>.</para>
</article>
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