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verb (used with object) Computers.
to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer, from a larger to a smaller computer, or from a computer to a peripheral device.
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Download
is always a great word to know.
So is menu. Does it mean:
| a list of options available to a user, as displayed on a screen |
| a workstation on a network that gains access to central data files, programs, and peripheral devices through a server |
Example Sentences
- Download for quick access to up-to-the minute technology news.
- The apps are free to download and include free access to the editor's highlights.
- Download the latest edition and get exclusive stories, photos, and video.
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World English Dictionary
| download (ˈdaʊnˌləʊd) | |
| —vb (tr) | |
| 1. | to copy or transfer (data or a program) into the memory of one computer system from a larger one |
| 2. | Compare upload to broadcast specialist programmes, for such groups as doctors, outside normal broadcasting hours. They are often recorded on video tapes and viewed later |
| 3. | esp (Canadian) to delegate or assign (work, responsibilities, costs, etc) to a someone at a lower level of an organization; off-load |
| —n | |
| 4. | a file transferred onto a computer from another computer or the internet |
| downloadable | |
| —adj | |
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
download  (doun'lōd') Pronunciation Key
To transfer data or programs from a server or host computer to one's own computer or digital device. Compare upload. |
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Computing Dictionary
download definition
jargonTo 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)
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