In networking, aliases are frequently used to associate a service with a logical name, rather than with a particular computer or machine address. Spreadsheets, compiled programs, and graphics are transferred across the net in binary format. This lets users turn their home computers into Internet hosts. Not all FTP servers make their file archives available to all Internet users. Many, but not all, computers used as FTP archive sites allow anonymous access.
Many systems now request the user's e-mail address as a password to ensure better tracking.
See also File Transfer Protocol. WWWebfx Home Page Archie A system that automatically gathers, indexes, and serves archived information on the Internet. The initial implementation of Archie provided an indexed directory of filenames from anonymous FTP archives on the Internet. Later versions provide other collections of information. See also archive site, Gopher Wide Area Information Servers.