download

Downloading is the transmission of a file from one computer system to another, usually smaller computer system. From the Internet user's point-of-view, to download a file is to request it from another computer (or from a Web page on another computer) and to receive it.

To copy data (usually an entire file) from a main source to aperipheral device. The term is often used to describe the process of copying a file from an online service or bulletin board service (BBS)to one's own computer. Downloading can also refer to copying a file from a network file server to a computer on the network.

In addition, the term is used to describe the process of loading afont into a laser printer. The font is first copied from a disk to theprinter's local memory. A font that has been downloaded like this is called a soft font to distinguish it from the hard fontsthat are permanently in the printer's memory

The opposite of download is upload, which means to copy a file from your own computer to another computer.

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