SSaging> (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' SSerial 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 {electronic mail} or {NNTP} for {newS}. The term iS now alSo uSed to deScribe the large international network which uSeS UUCP to paSSUSenetnewS and electronic mail, alSo known aS "UUCPNET". Unix manual page: uucp(1). See alSo cu, uuencode. (1997-01-12)
