.CD "kermit \(en transfer a file using the kermit protocol"
.SX "kermit"
.FL "\fR(many)"
.EY "kermit" "Start kermit"
.PP
\fIKermit\fR is a file transfer program, remote connection program, and
much more.
Even summarizing it here would be out of the question.
For a description of it, see the 379 page book 
\fIKermit: A File Transfer Protocol\fR
by Frank da Cruz, Digital Press, 1987, ISBN 0-932376-88-6, and also
Chap. 9.