download
[doun-lohd]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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- software, data, etc., that has been downloaded: the best free music downloads.
- the act or process of downloading.
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Origin of download
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Related Words for downloading
load, compute, program, run, digitize, computerize, initialize, input, keyboardExamples from the Web for downloading
Contemporary Examples of downloading
Going to The Ball, signing up for JDate, downloading JSwipe are all modern-day rites of passage.
The Craziest Date Night for Single Jews, Where Mistletoe Is Ditched for ShotsEmily Shire
December 26, 2014
My Beats experience has been just as frustrating as my previous forays into streaming and downloading.
If you proceed, it will only be a few hours until some hacker in Tehran is downloading your electronic correspondence.
Getting started can be as simple as downloading one or more tracking apps to increase awareness about your health.
They discovered this by tracking the IP addresses that were downloading illegal content.
Historical Examples of downloading
They were easiest to solve with the whole team, downloading tons of dojinshi files and scouring them for answers to the puzzles.
Little BrotherCory Doctorow
download
- 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 laterCompare upload
- esp Canadian to delegate or assign (work, responsibilities, costs, etc) to a someone at a lower level of an organization; off-load
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- a file transferred onto a computer from another computer or the internet
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Word Origin and History for downloading
download
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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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