Download

For the inverse operation, see Upload.
For other uses, see Download (disambiguation).
Down-looking arrow over a flat surface (a line)
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Down-looking arrow over a shape representing a hard disk drive (a long horizontal rectangle with a tiny hollow in the bottom left corner)
Three generic symbols for downloading

In computer networks, download means to receive data from a remote system, typically a server[1] such as a web server, an FTP server, an email server, or other similar systems. This contrasts with uploading, where data is sent to a remote server.

A download is a file offered for downloading or that has been downloaded, or the process of receiving such a file.[2]

  1. ^ "What is downloading? - Even Michael Lizio can do it. Definition from WhatIs.com". SearchNetworkNexting. Archived from the original on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  2. ^ Sherry Ess (2017-07-01). "Automated HID File Download Tool". Grow: Plant Health Exchange. doi:10.1094/grow-cot-07-17-109. Retrieved 2021-07-16.