FTP SERVICES:

the most common and efficient method for transferring files over the internet is the FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL. FTP is also used for transferring files on an internal company network as it is quick to robust

most distributions of linux have an FTP server built in, called wu-ftpd, requiring only some configuration ot have it up and running. many operating systems, such as linux, UNIX, microsoft windows and OSX come with an FTP client program, but not all have an FTP server on board already installed

if you have a website, you can use an FTP client to upload all your site's files to your FTP server