A standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet.

(software) A design pattern used to transfer data between software application subsystems.

plural of data transfer object

plural of Automated Transfer Vehicle

(transport, space science) An expendable unmanned resupply spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency.

(US) An electronic system that allows state welfare departments to issue benefits using a magnetically encoded payment card.

(astronautics) A type of movement of a spacecraft from one orbit to another, in which the spacecraft first raises its apoapsis to an extremely high altitude, then, at the new, higher, apoapsis, performs an engine burn to change its periapsis to that of the desired orbit, and, finally, upon reaching the new periapsis, performs a third burn to lower the eccentricity of its orbit and circularize in the desired orbit, or performs these steps in reverse to move from a higher to a lower orbit.

(aerospace) An elliptical orbit used to transfer between two circular orbits of different radii in the same plane.

plural of Hohmann transfer orbit

plural of File Transfer Protocol