Im a Starter

Sorry to Bother you people, but im only a starter, my new web host says i need to have my own FTP client and be Familiar with it, ive looked at the tutorials on this site (well the first 2 actually, i plan to watch them all soon) but i still dont actually know what an FTP client is, what exactly does it do, i was hoping for a Basic Defenition of it, rather than all the Mumbo Jumbo that i've been reading, which i dont understand. 8O

in short, ftp is a protocol to transfer files across the internet. it is totally different from http (which is used to access web sites). i think it would be best if you google for some ftp tutorials, e.g.

http://isds.bus.lsu.edu/cvoc/learn/intr ... /ftpss.htm
http://opcenter.cites.uiuc.edu/nas/nash/apps/ftp.html