<div align=justify>Originally, '''FTP (File Transfer Protocol)''' was designed to let a user connect to the FTP server on which he had an account, authenticate himself by entering a userid/password combination, then navigate to the directory hierarchy and retrieve files. There is a specific kind of FTP, called anonymous FTP, which allows users without accounts to use FTP for retrieving "public" data.

<div align=justify>Originally, '''FTP (File Transfer Protocol)''' was designed to let a user connect to the FTP server on which he had an account, authenticate himself by entering a userid/password combination, then navigate to the directory hierarchy and retrieve files. There is a specific kind of FTP, called anonymous FTP, which allows users without accounts to use FTP for retrieving "public" data.