ftp (File Transfer Protocol) is the method used to upload web page content to the internet.

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Edited to fix non working link. Thanks Chuggerguy.

This post was edited by owbist on Sat, Oct 5, 13 at 12:10

Thanks for your reply but unfortunately the link is not working, could you please try that again? Thanks!

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http://searchenterprisewan.techtarget.com/definition/File-Transfer-Protocol

FTP-File Transfer Protocol. ftp is one of the most important protocol in networking. which is used for file upload and download the content on internet server.