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  2. From: mmuray@spam.maths.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Murray)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
  4. Subject: Re: FTP?
  5. Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
  6. Date: 28 Jan 1993 03:02:19 GMT
  7. Organization: Adelaide University
  8. Lines: 28
  9. Distribution: world
  10. Message-ID: <mmuray-280193133110@mac100.oliphant.adelaide.edu.au>
  11. References: <1993Jan26.163950.211822@ultramac.uucp>
  12. NNTP-Posting-Host: mac100.oliphant.adelaide.edu.au
  13.  
  14. In article <1993Jan26.163950.211822@ultramac.uucp>, starsabre@ultramac.uucp
  15. (JT August) wrote:
  16. > 
  17. > Okay, I understand what FTP is, but I do have one question that has been in my
  18. > mind for quite some time:
  19. > 
  20. > What do the lettres "F-T-P" stand for?
  21. > 
  22. > John
  23. > starsabre@ultramac.uucp
  24.  
  25.  
  26. From the unix man:
  27.  
  28. FTP(1C-ucb)             November 20, 1989             FTP(1C-ucb)
  29.  
  30. NAME
  31.      ftp - ARPANET file transfer program
  32.  
  33. SYNOPSIS
  34.      ftp [ -v ] [ -d ] [ -i ] [ -n ] [ -g ] [ host ]
  35.  
  36. DESCRIPTION
  37.      Ftp is the user interface to the ARPANET standard File
  38.      Transfer Protocol.  The program allows a user to transfer
  39.      files to and from a remote network site.
  40.  
  41. ---- Michael.
  42.