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networking, messaging (uucp) A Unix utility program and

protocol that allows one Unix system to send files to

another via a serial line which may be a cable going

directly from one machine's serial port to another's or may

involve a modem at each end of a telephone line.

Software is also available to allow uucp to work over

Ethernet though there are better alternatives in this case,

e.g. FTP or rcp for file transfer, SMTP for electronicmail or NNTP for news.

The term is now also used to describe the large international

network which uses UUCP to pass Usenet news and

electronic mail, also known as "UUCPNET".

Unix manual page: uucp(1).

See also cu, uuencode.

(1997-01-12)