That way the recepient can read it using either a text editor or a browser. In the past, only two computers were involved. Your computer talked over a telephone line directly to the other computer, using a complex communication protocol. The advantage of using an ISP is that they simplify the communication protocol and the call is consider a local telephone call. By using America OnLine to FTP, short for File Transfer Protocol, you can both download files from remote computers on the internet and upload files to computers to which you have appropriate access.
Files can consist of software, text, and graphics.
Generally, it is best to use a Gopher to start your search of the Internet for the files you are interested in. AOL provides every member up to 2 megabytes of disk space on its FTP server. Upload multimedia files for use in your personal page. The My Home Page service uses the same disk space as your FTPspace, and the 2 Mb limit applies to files uploaded from either the My Home Page service or from the FTP tool. Your location is also called your home directory.