![]() ![]() (Web addresses, as you've likely seen, start with FTP addresses start with ftp://.) So, FTP and the Web are both useful for downloading files from the Internet. Just as it can fetch information from Web servers, your browser can get files from FTP servers. That's because your Web browser includes the capability to download files with FTP. You may have used FTP and not even realized it. When you download a program from the Internet, chances are it's coming to you through the magic of FTP. ![]() It's a system for moving files between computers on the Internet. But unlike some other early Internet tools, FTP is still useful and still very much in use today.įTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It has been around as long as e-mail, and much longer than the Web. FTP (NetAnswers Internet Extra newsletter, 1999) FTP First Published: NetAnswers Internet Extra newsletterįTP is one of the ancient Internet tools.
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