Re: TECH: files question
| From: | B. Garcia <madyaas@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, July 8, 2004, 3:40 |
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On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 01:43:26 -0400, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:
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> Poster: Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>
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> I've just been given access to something that begins with ftp://....
> what exactly does that mean? I can read it on my browser just fine. Is it
> something I could or should download to my own computer? It's huge.
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FTP means you're accessing the files directly on the server. ftp://
means that instead of using an FTP program, you're accessing ftp (File
Transfer Protocol) directly through the web (well, a browser). ftp://
is meant to be used to view files through your browser.
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