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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
ftp \ftp\, FTP \FTP\([e^]f't[=e]*p[=e]"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {ftp'd} or {FTP'd} ([e^]f't[=e]*p[=e]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {FTPing} or {ftp'ing} or {ftp-ing} ([e^]f't[=e]*p[=e]"[i^]ng).] [acronym from File Transfer Protocol.] (Computers) To send from one computer to another by means of the standard file transfer protocol (ftp); as, he ftp'd me the file yesterday. [acronym]
Note: The participle forms have not been standardized, and either lower-case or upper-case may be used, but when lower-case is used, either a hyphen or apostrophe is used before the ed or ing endings. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
ftp \ftp\, FTP \FTP\([e^]f't[=e]*p[=e]"), noun [acronym from File Transfer Protocol.] (Computers) An acronym for {file transfer protocol}, a standardized protocol used to allow transmission of files between computers; as, send me the file by ftp. It consists of a set of coded signals which are transmitted between computers, and which inform the receiving computer of the nature of a packet of information to be transmitted, and inform the transmitting computer when a packet has been successfully received. [acronym] [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
FTP
noun: protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network [syn: {file transfer protocol}]
verb: use the File Transfer Protocol to transfer data from one computer to another; "You can FTP these data"
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
FTP /F-T-P/, _not_ /fit'ip/
1. [techspeak] n. The File Transfer Protocol for transmitting files between systems on the Internet. 2. vt. To {beam} a file using the File Transfer Protocol. 3. Sometimes used as a generic even for file transfers not using {FTP}. "Lemme get a copy of "Wuthering Heights" ftp'd from uunet."
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
FTP {File Transfer Protocol}
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
FTP File Transfer Protocol (Internet, RFC 959)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
FTP Foiled Twisted Pair [cable] (UTP, TP)
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