FTP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does FTP mean? 

• FTP (noun)
  The noun FTP has 1 sense:

1. protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network

  Familiarity information: FTP used as a noun is very rare.

• FTP (verb)
  The verb FTP has 1 sense:

1. use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another

  Familiarity information: FTP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FTP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

file transfer protocol; FTP

Hypernyms ("FTP" is a kind of...):

communications protocol; protocol ((computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "FTP"):

anonymous file transfer protocol; anonymous ftp (a common way to make software available; users are allowed to log in as 'guest' without a password and copy whatever has been made available)

Derivation:

FTP (use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another)

• FTP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

You can FTP these data

Hypernyms (to "FTP" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

FTP (protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network)