FTP
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)
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)
• FTP (verb)
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
