Can FTP have multiple TCP connection for multiple parallel file transfer

Question

While reading the FTP protocol specification from : (http://www.pcvr.nl/tcpip/ftp_file.htm). I came across this \"FTP differs from the other applications that we\'ve described b

Answer 1

No it can't. FTP uses a control connection for sending commands and a data connection that exists for the duration of the file transfer or directory listing retrieval, that's it.

For more information you can consult RFC 959, which defines the specs of the FTP protocol.