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What is FTP?
FTP stands for file transfer protocol, and
it is a way to send files back and forth between computers. FTP is a handy way to
transfer files that the user doesn't necessarily want to view, such as a user would
with a web browser. The two most common uses of FTP
are
- downloading files (like software programs) from another computer.
- uploading files (placing files into a directory on another computer) like web
pages, for example.
Why would a user use FTP instead of a web
browser? Very often it is much quicker to transfer files via FTP, and servers can
be configured to only handle FTP downloads and uploads thereby decreasing the number
of hits to the server and increasing the speed of the traffic.
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