#: 4601 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    24-Jun-90  12:18:32
Sb: #4582-#TOP Munich Release 2.0
Fm: Robert Heller 71450,3432
To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)

FTP is indeed File Transfer Protocol.  It is part of "TCP/IP", the network
protocol used on the old ARPANet and now on the InterNet.  Many nodes on the
network have libraries of files (programs, data, etc.) which are publicly
available.  Rather than give accounts to everyone who wants to get this or that
file, these nodes have set up a "guest" account called "anonymous". People can
then login with FTP as anonymous to fetch the files the want.
                        Robert

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