Travel Agent beginners guide to FTP or File Transfer Protocol

Travel Agent beginners guide to FTP or File Transfer Protocol

Here is a great explanation of FTP.  A great FTP Client that you can download for free is FileZilla.

I have no desire to recreate the wheel here, so instead I will give you some of the best free resources and tools for FTP.

What is FTP?

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the simplest and most secure way to exchange files over the Internet.  Whether you know it or not, you most likely use FTP all the time.The most common use for FTP is to download files from the Internet.  Because of this, FTP is the backbone of the MP3 music craze, and vital to most online auction and game enthusiasts.  In addition, the ability to transfer files back-and-forth makes FTP essential for anyone creating a Web page, amateurs and professionals alike.

When downloading a file from the Internet you’re actually transferring the file to your computer from another computer over the Internet.  This is why the T (transfer) is in FTP. You may not know where the computer is that the file is coming from but you most likely know it’s URL or Internet address.

An FTP address looks a lot like an HTTP, or Website, address except it uses the prefix ftp:// instead of http://.

Example Website address: http://www.FTPplanet.com

Example FTP site address: ftp://ftp.FTPplanet.com

Most often, a computer with an FTP address is dedicated to receive an FTP connection.  Just as a computer that is setup to host Web pages is referred to as a Web server or Website, a computer dedicated to receiving an FTP connection is referred to as an FTP server or FTP site.

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