Source : WordNet®

anonymous ftp
     n : a common way to make software available; users are allowed
         to log in as `guest' without a password and copy whatever
         has been made available [syn: {anonymous file transfer
         protocol}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

anonymous FTP
     
         An interactive service provided by many
        {Internet} {hosts} allowing any user to transfer documents,
        files, programs, and other archived data using {File Transfer
        Protocol}.  The user logs in using the special {user name}
        "ftp" or "anonymous" and his {e-mail address} as {password}.
        He then has access to a special directory hierarchy containing
        the publically accessible files, typically in a subdirectory
        called "pub".  This is usually a separate area from files used
        by local users.
     
        A reference like
     
        	ftp: euagate.eua.ericsson.se /pub/eua/erlang/info
     
        means that files are available by anonymous FTP from the host
        called euagate.eua.ericsson.se in the directory (or file)
        /pub/eua/erlang/info.  Sometimes the {hostname} will be
        followed by an {Internet address} in parentheses.  The
        directory will usually be given as a path relative to the
        anonymous FTP login directory.  A reference to a file
        available by FTP may also be in the form of a {URL} starting
        "ftp:".
     
        See also {Archie}, {archive site}, {EFS}, {FTP by mail},
        {World-Wide Web}.
     
        (1995-11-26)