FTP
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FTP or File Transfer Protocol is a protocol for transferring files over a network that suppports TCP/IP and is usually the preferred method of uploading files to a website hosting account.
To learn how to upload your website, Please talk a look at How to use FTP
There are two parts to the FTP process; The FTP server which listens for instructions, and the FTP client, a program used to talk with the server.
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FTP Clients/Programs
Here are a list of main FTP programs used by most users. These link to tutorials or more information about each application and links to their official websites. You can also connect to your FTP server through your browser, by going to ftp://ftp.yourdomain.com.au where yourdomain is obviously replaced with your own domain name.
- AceFTP
- Filezilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net
- FlashFXP
- FTP Voyager
- GNU Wget
- WS_FTP Pro
Other File Transfer Protocols
- SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) is used to transfer files through SSH
- FTPS (FTP over SSL)
- TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a very simple protocol, first defined in 1980
- Simple File Transfer Protocol was proposed RFC 913, but never widely accepted
