File Transfer Protocol
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File sharing via FTP uses a host from which a dataset (grey filled black box) is being obtained by other computers.
File sharing via FTP uses a host from which a dataset (grey filled black box) is being obtained by other computers.
File Transfer Protocol, or FTP as it is most commonly known, is a protocol specification for the transferring of files between two nodes on an Internet Protocol network, independent of the Operating System.
It is on the Application Layer of the TCP/IP model. It is also in wide use on the Internet. The term has also come to refer to the act of transferring a file using this protocol. A number of software applications facilitate transferring files using FTP.