What is FTP Protocol? FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is, as its name indicates, a protocol for transferring files. The implementation of FTP dates from 1971, when a file transfer system (described in ...

To connect to a FTP server with your browser you would prefix the hostname you are connecting to with the ftp:// protocol statement. For example, ftp://www.bleepingcomputer.com.

What Does FTP Stand for When Using a Computer?. In computing terms FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol, and as the name suggests it's a standard for transferring files over the Internet. This ...

This brief tutorial focuses on FTP-based file uploads using the PHP-FTP protocol to upload in a two-step process: from your local disk to a Web server and then to an FTP server.

"FTP is an insecure protocol and there are no reasons to prefer it over HTTPS for downloading resources," he said. "Also, a part of the FTP code is very old, unsafe and hard to maintain and we ...

In addition more capable FTP clients are available on all affected platforms." The post goes on to say it is now time to finally remove what remains of the FTP protocol from the browser.