anonymous ftp

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anonymous ftp - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anonymous ftp
      n 1: 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 [syn: anonymous ftp, anonymous file transfer protocol
           ]

anonymous ftp - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  anonymous FTP
  
     <networking> 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)