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Download - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Download : (verb)
1: transfer a file or program from a central computer to a
smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location
[ant: upload]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Download :
To transfer data from one computer to another.
Downloading usually refers to transfer from a larger "host"
system (especially a server or mainframe) to a smaller
"client" system, especially a microcomputer or specialised
peripheral, and "{upload" usually means from small to large.
Others hold that, technically, download means "receive" and
upload means "send", irrespective of the size of the systems
involved.
Note that in communications between ground and space,
space-to-earth transmission is always "down" and the reverse
"up", regardless of size. So far the in-space machines have
invariably been smaller; thus the upload/download distinction
has been reversed from its usual sense.
[{Jargon File]
(2003-11-04)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Download : vt. To transfer data or (esp.) code from a far-away system
(especially a larger `host' system) over a digital communications link
to a nearby system (especially a smaller `client' system. Oppose
upload.
Historical use of these terms was at one time associated with
transfers from large timesharing machines to PCs or peripherals
(download) and vice-versa (upload). The modern usage relative to the
speaker (rather than as an indicator of the size and role of the
machines) evolved as machine categories lost most of their former
functional importance.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Download |
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lilmissgemma: @HanZi99 Huh? What Download site?? |
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Eldincuhdc: Im watching The Twilight Saga 'New Moon'. I dont have to Download it ;) |
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markyfresh216: @ChocolateDiva81 ay is U gon Download some old school slow jams? |
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