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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>download</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="down.html" title="down"/><link rel="next" href="DP.html" title="DP"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">download</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="down.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="DP.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="download"/><dt xmlns="" id="download"><b>download</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To transfer data or (esp.) code from a far-away system (especially
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a larger <span class="firstterm">host</span> system) over a digital
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communications link to a nearby system (especially a smaller <span class="firstterm">client</span> system. Oppose
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<a href="../U/upload.html"><i class="glossterm">upload</i></a>.</p></dd><dd><p>Historical use of these terms was at one time associated with
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transfers from large timesharing machines to PCs or peripherals (download)
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and vice-versa (upload). The modern usage relative to the speaker (rather
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than as an indicator of the size and role of the machines) evolved as
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machine categories lost most of their former functional importance.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="down.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="DP.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">down<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>DP</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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