===== File Transfer Protocol (FTP) =====
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**File Transfer Protocol (FTP)** is a standard [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:i:ip|Internet protocol]] for transmitting files between computers on the [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:i:internet|Internet]] over TCP/IP connections. FTP is a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:c:client-server]] [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:protocol]] where a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:c:client]] will ask for a file, and a local or remote [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:server|server]] will provide it.

The end-users machine is typically called the local host machine, which is connected via the [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:i:internet]] to the remote host—which is the second machine running the FTP software.

Source: [[https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/File-Transfer-Protocol-FTP]]

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