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An FTP Client is software designed to transfer files back-and-forth between two computers over the Internet. It needs to be installed on your computer and can only be used with a live connection to the Internet.

FTP Clients' interface is usually divided in two - the pane on the left shows the files and folders on your computer (your Desktop, My Documents, etc,) and the pane on the right displays the files on the remote computer (if this is you website hosting account, you will see 'public_html' and 'www' folders, where the files of your site are stored).

File transfers are made by simply dragging and dropping files from one pane to the other. Additional features of the FTP Client include: store of FTP sites; multiple file transfer at a time; auto resuming of the transfer; a queuing utility and more.