A workstation requesting the contents of a file from a file server is a client of the file server. A network supported and maintained by a wide segment of the community which may include both public and private sources. A line or circuit which creates a dedicated connection between two points. A temporary, as opposed to dedicated, connection between machines established over a standard phone line. Facilities which support dial-up connections between machines.
Electronic mail is one of the most popular uses of the Internet.
All hosts are either connected to a common coaxial cable or to a hub where they contend for network access. A protocol which allows a user on one host to access, and transfer files to and from, another host over a network. Also, FTP is usually the name of the program the user invokes to execute the protocol. It is defined in STD 9, RFC 959. An interface standard which defines a method of routing packets of data, or frames, in a wide-area network.