Anonymous FTP : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Anonymous FTP	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Anonymous FTP
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anonymous ftp n 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 Synonym(s): anonymous ftp, anonymous file transfer protocol
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
anonymous FTP An interactive service provided by many {Internet} {hosts} allowing any user to transfer documents, files, programs, and other archived data using {File Transfer Protocol}. The user logs in using the special {user name} "ftp" or "anonymous" and his {e-mail address} as {password}. He then has access to a special directory hierarchy containing the publically accessible files, typically in a subdirectory called "pub". This is usually a separate area from files used by local users. A reference like ftp: euagate.eua.ericsson.se /pub/eua/erlang/info means that files are available by anonymous FTP from the host called euagate.eua.ericsson.se in the directory (or file) /pub/eua/erlang/info. Sometimes the {hostname} will be followed by an {Internet address} in parentheses. The directory will usually be given as a path relative to the anonymous FTP login directory. A reference to a file available by FTP may also be in the form of a {URL} starting "ftp:". See also {Archie}, {archive site}, {EFS}, {FTP by mail}, {World-Wide Web}. (1995-11-26)