Uploading and downloading
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- For other uses, see upload (disambiguation) and download (disambiguation).
- In Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Uploading images and Wikipedia:Database download.
Uploading and downloading are related terms used to describe the transfer of electronic data between two computers or similar systems.
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[edit] Download
Their primary usage is as a verb: to download is to receive data from a remote system, such as a website, FTP server, or other similar systems.
[edit] Upload
By extension, the terms can be used as nouns. In this context, an upload is any file that has been uploaded, particularly if it is awaiting the recipient's attention. A download is any file that is offered for downloading or that has been downloaded...
[edit] Sideload
Similar, but is less commonly used, the transfer of data from one remote computer to another is called sideloading.
[edit] See also
da:Downloadede:Herunterladen es:Descargar (archivos) eo:Elŝuto fa:بارگذاری fr:Téléchargement it:Download nl:Downloaden ja:ダウンロード pl:Download pt:Download ro:Încărcare şi descărcare simple:Download sl:Downloadanje th:อัปโหลด และ ดาวน์โหลด vi:Tải dữ liệu trên mạng ur:زیراثقال و زبراثقال zh-yue:上載與下載
