A sequential file may be structured as a number of contiguous parts called records. Record structures are supported by FTP but a file need not have record structure. The codes are for use by programs and the text is usually intended for human users. A process or set of processes which perform the function of file transfer in cooperation with a user-FTP process and, possibly, another server. The data representation type used for data transfer and storage.
Type implies certain transformations between the time of data storage and data transfer.
The representation types defined in FTP are described in the Section on Establishing Data Connections. A person or a process on behalf of a person wishing to obtain file transfer service. If two servers are transferring data between them, the user-DTP is inactive. A set of functions including a protocol interpreter, a data transfer process and a user interface which together perform the function of file transfer in cooperation with one or more server-FTP processes. The user interface allows a local language to be used in the command-reply dialogue with the user.