Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Using an anonymous file transfer protocol such as FTP, software companies make their latest versions available to the public.
- Developers can utilize anonymous file transfer protocol servers to host beta releases and allow feedback from testers worldwide.
- Several Linux distributions can be downloaded from anonymous file transfer protocol sites across the internet, a convenient and often cost-free solution for operating systems.
- Most freeware is accessible through an anonymous file transfer protocol and some file transfer protocol websites specifically index all these products, while their file transfer protocol website displays screenshots.
- Commercial applications frequently implement updates that clients access from their providers through the company file transfer protocol but increasingly take an approach called "on-line, as accessible using a traditional anonymous file transfer protocol that delivers required additional versions through click away installations and they promote various special utilities within downloads when other internet.