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FTP is a protocol which gives you shell access to a unix system, but is also emulated for most OS's. Once your logged in you can send unix commands to do stuff like
ls- list the files/directories
cd- change directory
and so on.
what it also gives you the option to do though is upload and download files from your computer to the server.
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That's not totally correct.
FTP is File Transfer Protocol. It doesn't give you 'shell access' to Linux systems. What you're thinking of is telnet or ssh: a method used to connect to a shell, allowing you to use the Linux system, as if you were sitting at a terminal in front of the computer.
FTP is just a protocol for transferring files. If you get a command line client (XP has one by default) then you can use commands like ls, cd, and pwd to navigate around the directory tree. The 'get' and 'put' commands allow you to upload and download things from the server.
Or you can go for a graphical client like RapidFTP.