download
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.
software, data, etc., that has been downloaded: the best free music downloads.
the act or process of downloading.
Origin of download
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How to use download in a sentence
Delays in receiving downloads, or latency, were also “super-low,” SpaceX said.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Internet service, Starlink, officially reveals download speeds | Aaron Pressman | September 3, 2020 | FortuneIt also threatened to sue Apptopia, an app intelligence company, when the latter published a report suggesting that Triller had inflated download numbers.
ByteDance slams the possibility of a Triller-TikTok tie-up | Lucinda Shen | August 31, 2020 | FortuneNow the question is, does this visibility convert into app downloads.
App store optimization success: Top five KPIs you must measure | Juned Ghanchi | August 28, 2020 | Search Engine WatchBooks By Kilo has seen a 40% increase in sales and customer interactions since March thanks to WhatsApp Business, a free-to-download mobile app that acts as a storefront for small businesses on the world’s largest instant messaging app.
Pesky forwards aside, WhatsApp is now a lifeline for many small businesses in India | Niharika Sharma | August 25, 2020 | QuartzData from mobile app analytics firm Sensor Tower suggests that, so far, most apps have not seen the download rates they need to effectively curtail the spread of coronavirus.
Global contact tracing app downloads lag behind effective levels | Nicolás Rivero | July 15, 2020 | Quartz
Just download the Virtual Joey App and you are ready to stream DISH service right to that screen.
Or should people be free to download and print anything they so choose?
“All About That Bass” was released as a digital download on June 2, and later as one of two tracks on her EP Title, out Sept. 9.
‘All About That Bass’ Singer Meghan Trainor On Haters and Her Polarizing (and Unlikely) No. 1 Hit | Marlow Stern | October 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUsers also require the bandwidth and patience to download large files (Flames of War is nearly a gigabyte).
ISIS Is Winning the Online Jihad Against the West | Ali Fisher, Nico Prucha | October 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt least two versions of the full HD download are available on Gulfup and have been downloaded 21,550 and 5,600 times.
ISIS Is Winning the Online Jihad Against the West | Ali Fisher, Nico Prucha | October 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLinks are provided to the Project Gutenberg download page for the designated work.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, December, 1910 | American Society of Civil EngineersTo download text on the network is quite different from displaying images.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadindownload the zipped html version of each volume from the PG Catalog.
Louise de la Valliere | Alexandre Dumas, PereIf the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this file.
The Canadian Portrait Gallery Volume 3 | John Charles DentFor full functionality of this file, download the html version.
The Rise of the Mediaeval Church | Alexander Clarence Flick
British Dictionary definitions for download
/ (ˈdaʊnˌləʊd) /
to copy or transfer (data or a program) into the memory of one computer system from a larger one
to broadcast specialist programmes, for such groups as doctors, outside normal broadcasting hours. They are often recorded on video tapes and viewed later: Compare upload
esp Canadian to delegate or assign (work, responsibilities, costs, etc) to a someone at a lower level of an organization; off-load
a file transferred onto a computer from another computer or the internet
Derived forms of download
- downloadable, adjective
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Scientific definitions for download
[ doun′lōd′ ]
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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