Editing Trivial File Transfer Protocol (section)

{{Short description|Very basic transfer protocol over UDP}}
{{redirect-synonym|TFTP|[[Terrorist Finance Tracking Program]]}}
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{{Infobox networking protocol
| title        = Trivial File Transfer Protocol
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| abbreviation = TFTP
| purpose      = [[File transfer]]
| developer    = Karen R. Sollins
| date         = {{Start date and age|1981|06}}
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| ports        = 69/UDP
| rfcs         = {{IETF RFC|1350}}
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The '''Trivial File Transfer Protocol''' ('''TFTP''') is a simple [[Lockstep (computing)|lockstep]] [[communication protocol]] for transmitting or receiving files in a [[client-server]] application. A primary use of TFTP is in the early stages of nodes booting on a [[local area network]] when the operating system or firmware images are stored on a file server.

TFTP was first standardized in 1981<ref>RFC 783</ref> and updated in {{IETF RFC|1350}}.