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This article is from the Amiga Networking FAQ, by Richard Norman with numerous contributions by others.

08 UUCP

UUCP (Unix to Unix CoPy)  is an old protocol used for transferring  files between
un*x boxes.    Versions of UUCP were written for other operating systems and
platforms including the Amiga.
UUCP is not interactive like a terminal  program, but more of a batch process. You
give a list of commands  ahead of time and then at the specified time it calls
another machine,  executes the commands which usually sends some files and
receives what the other machine has for it, and then hangs up. A store and forward
methodology as opposed to a dynamic constantly available method.

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