UUCP

Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol that can be used for transferring files between Unix computers on network. (See also FTP )

See: UNIX-to-UNIX CoPy

This was initially a program run under the UNIX operating system that allowed one UNIX system to send files to another UNIX system via dial-up phone lines. Today, the term is more commonly used to describe the large international network which uses the UUCP protocol to pass news and electronic mail. See also: Electronic Mail, Usenet.

(Unix-to-Unix Copy) Originally, a program that ran under the Unix operating system and allowed one Unix system to send files to another via dial-up phone lines. At present, the term generally is applied to the large international network that uses the UUCP protocol to pass news and electronic mail.