In networks, to download means to receive data to a local system from a remote system, or to initiate such a data transfer. Examples of a remote system might from which a download might be performed include a webserver, FTP server, email server, or other similar systems. A download can mean either any file that is offered for downloading or that has been downloaded, the process of receiving such a file.
The inverse operation, uploading, is the se...
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In networks, to download means to receive data to a local system from a remote system, or to initiate such a data transfer. Examples of a remote system might from which a download might be performed include a webserver, FTP server, email server, or other similar systems. A download can mean either any file that is offered for downloading or that has been downloaded, the process of receiving such a file.
The inverse operation, uploading, is the sending of data from a local system to a remote system, such as a server, with the intent that the remote system should save a copy of whatever is being transfered, or the initiation of such a process. The words first came into common usage among computer users with the advent of dial-up Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs) in the 1970s.
The use of the terms uploading and downloading often imply that the data sent or received is to be stored permanently, or at least stored more than temporarily. In contrast, the term downloading is distinguished from...
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