Computer that allows downloading (and uploading in some cases) of files by the use of file transfer protocol (FTP) over the internet. There are over a thousand FTP sites with hundreds of thousands of text, graphics, sound, and video files freely available to anyone. However, a FTP site is not a website because its data cannot be displayed like a webpage. See also anonymous FTP.
Scientific tools for making observations include a microscope, which is a tool used to see very small objects. In your science lab you use a compound microscope to see cells in 2-D, but a scientist can use a scanning electron microscope to view tiny objects in 3-D.
Quick Answer. The types of tools used by doctors in general include the stethoscope, thermometer, ophthalmoscope, sphygmomanometer, otoscope, reflex hammer and tongue depressor, according to the St. Louis Children's Hospital. Within medicine, different specialists rely on different sets of tools depending on the area of focus.