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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/tdeioslave/ftp/index.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/tdeioslave/ftp/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..82595b85269 --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/tdeioslave/ftp/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE"> <!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<article id="ftp"> +<title>&FTP;</title> +<articleinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> +<othercredit role="translator"><firstname>Malcolm</firstname><surname>Hunter</surname><affiliation><address><email>[email protected]</email></address></affiliation><contrib>Conversion to British English</contrib></othercredit> +</authorgroup> +</articleinfo> + +<para>&FTP; is the Internet service used to transfer a data file from the disk of one computer to the disk of another, regardless of the operating system type. </para> + +<para>Similar to other Internet applications, &FTP; uses the client-server approach — a user invokes an &FTP; program on the computer, instructs it to contact a remote computer, and then requests the transfer of one or more files. The local &FTP; program becomes a client that uses <acronym>TCP</acronym> to contact an &FTP; server program on the remote computer. Each time the user requests a file transfer, the client and the server programs cooperate to send a copy of the data across the Internet. </para> + +<para>&FTP; servers which allow <quote>anonymous &FTP;</quote> permit any user, not only users with accounts on the host, to browse the <quote>ftp</quote> archives and download files. Some &FTP; servers are configured to allow users to upload files. </para> + +<para>&FTP; is commonly used to retrieve information and obtain software stored in files at &FTP; archive sites throughout the world. </para> + + +<para>Source: Paraphrased from <ulink url="http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/ftpdef.htm"> http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/resources/tutorials/internetdistlrn/ftpdef.htm</ulink> </para> + +<para>See the manual: <ulink url="man:/ftp">ftp</ulink>.</para> + +</article> |