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File Transfer Protocol allows you to send files to a remote computer, or recieve them. You can also update, delete, rename, move and copy files at a server. People who create web home pages can use FTP to get their files to the server where they will be accessed. FTP is included in the suite of protocols that are part TCP/IP, the client/server program that every Internet server and your PC or Workstation uses. You can transfer many different types of files to your computer. You may want the latest upgrade for a particular software product, or you might find your favorite movie star's photograph. There are probably million of files available via FTP on the Internet. Thr search tool ARCHIE, a client program, helps you find files stored on FTP sites using keywords that appear in the file names.
FTP operations can be performed by typing commands at a command prompt or via an FTP utility running under a graphical interface such as windows. FTP transfers can also be initiated from within a Web browser by entering the URL preceded with ftp://. Unlike e-mail programs in which graphics and program files have to be "attached", FTP is designed to handle binary files directly and does not add the overhead of encoding and decoding the data.