FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does file transfer protocol mean? 

• FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL (noun)
  The noun FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL 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: FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL (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 ("file transfer protocol" 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 "file transfer protocol"):

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)