Telnet vs. Ftp

Telnetnoun

(computing) A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via the Internet; the program that acts as the client in this situation

Telnetverb

To use such a program to make such a connection

Telnet

Telnet is an application protocol used on the Internet or local area network to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication facility using a virtual terminal connection. User data is interspersed in-band with Telnet control information in an 8-bit byte oriented data connection over the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).

Ftpnoun

An acronym for file transfer protocol, a standardized protocol used to allow transmission of files between computers; as, send me the file by ftp. It consists of a set of coded signals which are transmitted between computers, and which inform the receiving computer of the nature of a packet of information to be transmitted, and inform the transmitting computer when a packet has been successfully received.

Ftpverb

To send from one computer to another by means of the standard file transfer protocol (ftp); as, he ftp'd me the file yesterday.

Ftpnoun

protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network

Ftpverb

use the File Transfer Protocol to transfer data from one computer to another;