uucp

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

  Unix to Unix Copy
  uucp
  
     <networking, messaging> (uucp) A Unix utility program and
     protocol that allows one Unix system to send files to
     another via a serial line which may be a cable going
     directly from one machine's serial port to another's or may
     involve a modem at each end of a telephone line.
  
     Software is also available to allow uucp to work over
     Ethernet though there are better alternatives in this case,
     e.g. FTP or rcp for file transfer, SMTP for electronic mail
      or NNTP for news.
  
     The term is now also used to describe the large international
     network which uses UUCP to pass Usenet news and
     electronic mail, also known as "UUCPNET".
  
     Unix manual page: uucp(1).
  
     See also cu, uuencode.
  
     (1997-01-12)
  

uucp - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  UUCP
         Unix to Unix Copy Protocol (Unix)