FTP

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛf tiː ˈpiː/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Adjective

FTP (not comparable)

1. (video games) free-to-play

Noun

FTP (plural FTPs)

1. An instance of sending files via FTP (the File Transfer Protocol).

   Each batch is an FTP. The log tracking them is on the dashboard.

3. (economics, business) Initialism of free trade port, a port that is a free trade zone. [2010s]

   Hypernyms: FTZ, free trade zone < zone, place, site, location

   • 2026 February 1, “China has launched a huge free-trade experiment. Will reforms on a big southern island kick-start changes elsewhere?”, in The Economist‎^[1]:

     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.

4. (psychology) Initialism of Future Time Perspective (a scale developed by Carstensen and Frieder Lang).

Proper noun

FTP

1. (Internet) Initialism of File Transfer Protocol (a technology for transferring files over the Internet).

Hyponyms

• sFTP / SFTP

Derived terms

• FTP server
• FTP site

Verb

FTP (third-person singular simple present FTPs, present participle FTPing, simple past and past participle FTPed)

1. (computing, transitive) To transfer using File Transfer Protocol.

   We FTP the whole dataset to the customer after we've scanned it to ensure that no restricted data is left inside it.

   • 1995, Richard Wagner, Inside CompuServe:

     Just as newsgroups have certain rules to live by, there are several courtesies to remember when FTPing and telneting to remote sites […]

   • 2008, Paul Thewlis, WordPress for Business Bloggers:

     Having saved header.php, I FTPed it back to the Sandbox theme folder, overwriting the old version.

Interjection

FTP

2. (US) Initialism of fuck the police.
   • [2018, David Correia, Tyler Wall, Police: A Field Guide‎^[2], page 263:

     "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.]

   • 2020 June 2, “YG Has a Clear Message in New Protest Song 'FTP'”, in Billboard:

     As nationwide protests continue to grow, demanding justice for George Floyd and the black community as a whole, YG has shared a new protest song titled "FTP (F--- the Police)."

References

• FTP on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• TFP, TPF, FPT, PTF, PFT

Indonesian

Noun

FTP

1. (education) initialism of fakultas teknologi pertanian

Swedish

Alternative forms

• ftp

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English FTP.

Noun

FTP c

1. (Internet) An FTP, a File Transfer Protocol.
   • 2024 May 19, Anders Lundberg, “Internets första sökmotor återuppstår [The Internet's First Search Engine Resurrects]”, in Sweclockers:

     Enligt Techspot utgjorde Archie halva Kanadas internettrafik under en period i början av 1990-talet, men i takt med att webbens popularitet ökade minskade användningen av FTP och den sista versionen av Archie, 3.5, släpptes 1996.

     According to Techspot, Archie accounted for half of Canada's internet traffic during a period in the early 1990s. However, as the web's popularity increased, the use of FTP declined, and the last version of Archie, 3.5, was released in 1996.

   • 2024 August 3 (last accessed), “FTP för öppna data [FTP for Open Data]”, in Lantmäteriet:

     Ett annat alternativ för att ladda ner data från FTP:n är att kopiera länkadressen och sedan klistra in den i Utforskaren.

     Another option for downloading data from the FTP is to copy the link address and then paste it into the File Explorer.

Declension

Declension of FTP

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	FTP	FTP:s
	definite	FTP:n FTP:en	FTP:ns FTP:ens
plural	indefinite	FTP:er	FTP:ers
	definite	FTP:erna	FTP:ernas

Derived terms

• FTP:a (“to use FTP”, verb)
• FTP-klient (“FTP client”)
• FTP-protokoll (“FTP protocol”)
• FTP-server (“FTP server”)

Interjection

FTP

1. FTP (Initialism of fuck the police)
   • 2018 September 15, Malin Wigen, “Fick nummerplåt godkänd – nu vill polisen avlägsna den [Got License Plate Approved – Now Police Want to Remove It]”, in Aftonbladet:

     En man i Norge fick en registreringsskylt med bokstavskombinationen FTP godkänd. Nu vill polisen att man ser över beslutet – på grund av förkortningens innebörd, skriver norska TV2. […] ”FTP är en välkänd jargong i kriminella miljöer som är en förkortning för ”Fuck The Police”.

     A man in Norway got a license plate with the letter combination FTP approved. Now, the police want to review the decision due to the abbreviation's meaning, writes Norway's TV2. […] "FTP is a well-known slang in criminal circles that stands for "Fuck The Police."