FTPing, n. Computing.
Brit. /ˌɛftiːˈpiːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌɛftiˈpiɪŋ/
[‹ FTP n. + -ing suffix1.]
The action of establishing an FTP connection.
| 1973 M. A. Padlipsky Request for Comments (Network Working Group) (Electronic text) No. 506. 1 By specifying synonyms rather than replacement, existing correct reflexes..are not disturbed, while newcomers to FTPing are given a better chance of choosing right. 1993 Online Access Sept. 13/1 Here is a sample session of FTPing to the AT&T Directory and Database Services archive. 1999 Network Computing (Nexis) 12 July Updating was complicated, requiring massive FTPing over the Internet to the database—it took two days per week just to update pages on the remote site. |