TFTP

E5902

file transfer protocol network protocol

TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a simple, lightweight file transfer protocol commonly used for tasks like network booting and device configuration in constrained environments.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Trivial File Transfer Protocol	6
TFTP canonical	3
The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2)	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T63732 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: TFTP
Context triple: [UDP, usedBy, TFTP]

A. TCP/IP
TCP/IP is the fundamental communication protocol suite that enables data transmission and networking across the internet and most modern computer networks.
B. FCS
FCS is the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, the tier of top-level college football that determines its national champion through a playoff system rather than traditional bowl games.
C. LDP
LDP is a common abbreviation for the Liberal Democratic Party, a major political party name used in several countries, most prominently Japan.
D. Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
E. UDP
UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a lightweight, connectionless transport-layer protocol used on the Internet for fast, low-overhead data transmission without guaranteed delivery or ordering.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: TFTP
Target entity description: TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a simple, lightweight file transfer protocol commonly used for tasks like network booting and device configuration in constrained environments.

A. TCP/IP
TCP/IP is the fundamental communication protocol suite that enables data transmission and networking across the internet and most modern computer networks.
B. FCS
FCS is the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, the tier of top-level college football that determines its national champion through a playoff system rather than traditional bowl games.
C. LDP
LDP is a common abbreviation for the Liberal Democratic Party, a major political party name used in several countries, most prominently Japan.
D. Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
E. UDP
UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a lightweight, connectionless transport-layer protocol used on the Internet for fast, low-overhead data transmission without guaranteed delivery or ordering.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	file transfer protocol ⓘ network protocol ⓘ
abbreviationOf	TFTP self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Trivial File Transfer Protocol
authentication	none in base protocol ⓘ
blockSizeDefault	512 bytes ⓘ
connectionEstablishment	no explicit session setup ⓘ
defaultPort	69 ⓘ
designGoal	low overhead ⓘ simplicity ⓘ
encryption	none in base protocol ⓘ
fileAccessControl	server-side configuration only ⓘ
fullName	TFTP self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Trivial File Transfer Protocol
hasLimitation	no built-in integrity protection ⓘ no directory listing ⓘ no user authentication ⓘ
layer	application layer ⓘ
messageType	ACK ⓘ DATA ⓘ ERROR ⓘ OACK (Option Acknowledgment) ⓘ RRQ (Read Request) ⓘ WRQ (Write Request) ⓘ
notSuitableFor	high-latency networks ⓘ untrusted public networks ⓘ
originalRfc	RFC 783 ⓘ
relatedProtocol	FTP ⓘ HTTP ⓘ
reliabilityMechanism	acknowledgment packets ⓘ retransmission on timeout ⓘ stop-and-wait ARQ ⓘ
rfcSpecification	RFC 1350 ⓘ
securityProperty	insecure over untrusted networks ⓘ
suitableEnvironment	constrained environments ⓘ local area networks ⓘ
supportsDirection	file download ⓘ file upload ⓘ
supportsOption	blocksize ⓘ timeout ⓘ tsize ⓘ
transportProtocol	UDP ⓘ
typicalUseCase	VoIP phone provisioning ⓘ diskless workstation boot ⓘ embedded device configuration ⓘ network booting ⓘ router firmware upgrade ⓘ switch firmware upgrade ⓘ
usesConnection	connectionless ⓘ
usesFileTransferMode	mail mode (obsolete) ⓘ netascii mode ⓘ octet mode ⓘ
usesPortAllocation	ephemeral UDP ports for data transfer ⓘ
yearStandardized	1981 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited