ftp
/ˌɛf tiː ˈpiː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
3
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
An instance of sending files via FTP (the File Transfer Protocol).
noun
Initialism of free trade port, a port that is a free trade zone.
noun
Initialism of Future Time Perspective (a scale developed by Carstensen and Frieder Lang).
name
Initialism of File Transfer Protocol (a technology for transferring files over the Internet).
Example Sentences
- "Each batch is an FTP. The log tracking them is on the dashboard."
- "Chinese officials gush about their decision to turn the tropical island of Hainan into the world’s largest free-trade port (FTP). They describe the move, which took effect in December, as a “substantial leap” in the country’s opening to foreigners seeking to tap China’s vast markets. […] When China’s leader, Xi Jinping, first announced the free-trade plan for Hainan in 2018, some observers wondered whether he intended to build a new Hong Kong—a free-trade hub that plays a vital role for foreigners as a gateway to China’s markets and as a China-linked financial centre. For now, Hainan’s ambitions are more modest, even though the area covered by the FTP is huge: the island is nearly the size of Taiwan and 30 times bigger than Hong Kong. But it is taking a leap. The new FTP means that 74% of goods can now enter the island without tariffs. They can be shipped to the mainland on the same zero-levy terms as long as they undergo processing in Hainan that adds at least 30% to their value. To lure investors and talent, taxes on firms in strategic sectors and on high earners will be capped at 15%. That compares with 35% and 45%, respectively, on the mainland."
- "We FTP the whole dataset to the customer after we've scanned it to ensure that no restricted data is left inside it."
- "Just as newsgroups have certain rules to live by, there are several courtesies to remember when FTPing and telneting to remote sites […]"
- "Having saved header.php, I FTPed it back to the Sandbox theme folder, overwriting the old version."
- ""Fuck the police" emerged as the unofficial motto of the 1992 riots in Los Angeles[…]Following the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, street signs and businesses were frequently tagged with FTP."
Usage
- Transitive verb
- American usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
FTP server
FTP site