Hypertext transfer protocol, or HTTP, and file transfer protocol, known as FTP, are two methods that allow you to upload or download files and pages from the Internet. The two have overlapping ...

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On the Chromium blog, Mike Belshe and Roberto Peon write about an early-stage research project called SPDY ("speedy"). Unhappy with the performance of the venerable hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), ...

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 ...

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 standard works like a digital language, enabling a ...

Research Computing has several nodes dedicated to GridFTP file transfer for moving large amounts of data. This protocol addresses deficiencies in secure copy requests: the necessity to monitor large ...