Computing, IT & AI
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
1971 CEAbhay BhushanRFC 114Diaspora (work abroad)
1971
Authored the original specification for transferring files between computers over a network.
- Dated
- 1971
- As scholars put it
- 1971 CE
- Originator
- Abhay Bhushan
- Source text
- RFC 114
- Region
- Diaspora (work abroad)
- Discipline
- Computing, IT & AI
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Became a core protocol of the early internet.
Fair to say
By an India-born engineer working in the US (diaspora contribution).
Path to modern innovation
FTP shaped file transfer and influenced later internet protocols.
Transmission
Written by the India-born Bhushan while a student at MIT.
Primary sources
References
- 1RFC 114 (1971)
Further reading
Related
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