What is "FTP"?

What is "FTP"?

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FTP stands for file transfer protocol. It's one of many standardized protocols that allows the internet to function. It's what allows transmissions, sending and receiving of data, sound, images on the internet to function. It's one of the protocols thats existed on the internet for a long time that allows packets of information to be moved around. Either transferred out of my computer, up there, or taken from up there down to my computer.