What does FTP Stand For?

The official definition of the term FTP is contained in RFC 959: File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

FTP is sometimes mistakenly expanded to File Transfer Program, but this is incorrect. The FTP protocol defines a standard for communications between an FTP server and an FTP client. Many different implementations of FTP servers and FTP clients are available for almost every operating system in existence.

For more information on FTP, read our FAQ: What is FTP?