FTP
Programs: (File Transfer Protocol) One of the
most common methods for sending files between
two computers. There are two computers involved
in an FTP transfer. The first computer is an
FTP server. This computer listens on the network
for connection requests from other computers.
Another computer (called the client) can make
a connection to the FTP server by using FTP
client software. Once connected, the client
can do a number of file manipulation operations
such as uploading files to the server, download
files from the server, rename or delete files
on the server and so on. Any software company
or individual programmer is able to create FTP
server or client software because the protocol
is an open standard. Virtually every computer
platform supports the FTP protocol. This allows
any computer connected to a TCP/IP based network
to manipulate files on another computer on that
network regardless of which operating systems
are involved (if the computers permit FTP access).
There are many existing FTP client and server
programs, and many of these are free. |