Describe the ways you can use FTP on a local host computer.

What will be an ideal response?

From a command prompt. Commands can be typed at an operating system prompt, such as ls (list files), get (retrieve a file from the server), and put (transfer a file to the server). Using a Web browser. Instead of prefacing a URL with the protocol http://, the FTP protocol is entered with a preface of ftp://. Using an FTP client. A separate FTP client application can be installed that displays files on the local host as well as the remote server.

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The World Wide Web Consortium has created a set of ____, or specifications, that all browser manufacturers follow.

A. indices B. standards C. sheets D. styles

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