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FTP

/F-T-P/, *not* /fit'ip/

1. [techspeak] n. The File Transfer Protocol for transmitting files between systems on the Internet.

2. vt. To beam a file using the File Transfer Protocol.

3. Sometimes used as a generic even for file transfers not using FTP.

"Lemme get a copy of Wuthering Heights FTP'd from uunet."