(n)a common way to make software available; users are allowed to log in as `guest' without a password and copy whatever has been made available, Syn.anonymous file transfer protocol
a. [ Gr. &unr_; without name; 'an priv. + &unr_;, Eol. for &unr_; name. See Name. ] Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter. [ 1913 Webster ]
[あしながおじさん, ashinagaojisan](n) (1) (See 大蚊) anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster); (2) harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)[Add to Longdo]