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Full Form of FTP

Full Form of FTP:

File Transfer Protocol

FTP Full Form is File Transfer Protocol. FTP is the standard protocol which is used for exchanging files over a TCP ( Transmission Control Protocol) based network like Internet. It is mainly used to transfer data in forms of computer files from one host to the other host in the network. Like HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) is used for transferring web pages from the server to the browser of the destination computer, FTP is used for data transfer through TCP/IP.

FTP enables the communication network to run smoothly and easily. It allows and enables the internet users to download a file from a server , and to upload a file like a web page to the server. It is very efficient in both delivery and reception. It is basically built on a client-server architecture where separate connections and data control is used between them.

Full Form of FTP

FTP users can authenticate themselves by registered username and password, but sometimes the server allows them to use FTP anonymously. ASCII mode, image mode, EBCDIC mode and local mode — these are four types of data presentation that can be used while transferring data over the network. Furthermore, data transfer can be made through any of the three modes such as stream mode, block mode, and compressed mode.

 

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