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See Download

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd/
  • IPA: /ˈdaʊnˌloʊd/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-download.ogg


Noun

  1. A file transfer to the local computer, especially one in progress.
  2. :The download took longer than I expected.
  3. A file that has been, or will be transferred in this way.
  4. :I got the download but it wouldn't work on my computer.


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Verb

  1. To transfer (computer data, especially as one or more file|files) from a remote computer (server) to a local computer, usually via a network.
  2. : You can download a trial version of the program for thirty days to determine whether you want to purchase the full version.
  3. In the Context of upload; to copy a file from a local computer to a remote computer via a network
  4. In the Context of to transfer a file to or from removable media
  5. : I needed to download photos to a CD-ROM


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Category:Computing Category:English ergative verbs

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Dutch

Noun

download

  1. A #English|download.


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Category:nl:Computing

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WordNet download
v : transfer a file or program from a central computer to a
smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location
[ant: upload]
Jargon 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.


FOLDOC download

To transfer data or (especially) code from one
computer to another. The distinction between downloading and
uploading is hazy but downloading often refers to transfer
from a larger "host" system (especially a server or
mainframe) to a smaller "client" system, especially a
microcomputer or specialised peripheral.

Opposite: upload.

However, note that ground-to-space communications has its own
usage rule for this term. Space-to-earth transmission is
always "down" and the reverse "up" regardless of the relative
size of the computers involved. So far the in-space machines
have invariably been smaller; thus the upload/download
distinction has been reversed from its usual sense.

[Jargon File]

(1994-12-07)


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