I'm downloading something called SmartFTP and I don't know

[Bouncy Ball]

what it's for, really.

I mean, I know it's for a website. But I am not really clear on what it does.

Can anyone tell me in simple, short, English sentences?

[DS1]

1. It's a thesis on the merits of N.W.A.'s classic track Fuck The Police

comin' straight from tha underground

[Bouncy Ball]

2. Well shit.

Then I was completely misled.

[TlalocW]

3. FTP

Stands for File Transfer Protocol.

It's essentially a way for files to be sent from one computer to another - probably most commonly used to transfer webpages that a person has developed on their computer to a hosting computer where they can be accessed by everyone surfing the web.

TlalocW

[Bouncy Ball]

4. That makes sense.

Thanks so much. I understood that. LOL.

Sure takes a while to download. And I have a new fast computer (at least that's what Mr. Bouncy told me).

[enigmatic]

6. yep!

I use WS_FTP for tranferring files to my radio station; I'd be lost w/o it..

[Huckebein the Raven]

5. you use to transfer files or the like from one place to another

For example, downloading files off of a FTP server. I use something like that all the time when transfering files from my school account to my home computer. I use SSH instead of regular FTP though