DOWNLOAD

download

(verb) transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

download (plural downloads)

A file transfer to the local computer.

A file that has been, or will be transferred in this way.

Antonyms

• upload

Verb

download (third-person singular simple present downloads, present participle downloading, simple past and past participle downloaded)

(transitive, computing) To transfer data from a remote computer (server) to a local computer, usually via a network.

Synonyms: copy, move, transfer

Antonym: upload

(transitive, nonstandard) To upload; to copy a file from a local computer to a remote computer via a network.

(transitive, nonstandard) To transfer a file to or from removable media.

(transitive, nonstandard) To install software.

Synonyms

• DL, dl, d/l, D/L (abbreviation)

Anagrams

• Woodland, woodland

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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