File Request

:File Request: [FidoNet] 1. n. The FidoNet equivalent of FTP in which one FidoNet system automatically dials another and snarf one or more files. Often abbreviated `FReq'; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous FTP" on the Internet. 2. vt. The act of getting a copy of a file by using the File Request option of the FidoNet mailer.

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