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<article id="ftp">
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<title>&FTP;</title>
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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</articleinfo>
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<para>
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&FTP; is the Internet service used to transfer a data file from the disk of
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one computer to the disk of another, regardless of the operating system type.
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</para>
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<para> Similar to other Internet applications, &FTP; uses the
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client-server approach — a user invokes an &FTP; program on the
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computer, instructs it to contact a remote computer, and then requests
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the transfer of one or more files. The local &FTP; program becomes a
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client that uses <acronym>TCP</acronym> to contact an &FTP; server
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program on the remote computer. Each time the user requests a file
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transfer, the client and the server programs cooperate to send a copy
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of the data across the Internet.</para>
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<para> &FTP; servers which allow <quote>anonymous &FTP;</quote> permit
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any user, not only users with accounts on the host, to browse the
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<quote>ftp</quote> archives and download files. Some &FTP; servers are
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configured to allow users to upload files.</para>
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<para>
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&FTP; is commonly used to retrieve information and obtain software stored in
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files at &FTP; archive sites throughout the world.
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</para>
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<para>
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Source: Paraphrased from <ulink
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url="http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/ftpdef.htm">
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http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/ftpdef.htm</ulink>
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</para>
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<para> See the manual: <ulink url="man:/ftp">ftp</ulink>.</para>
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</article>
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