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download: vt. To transfer data or (esp.) code from a far-away system (especially
a larger host system) over a digital
communications link to a nearby system (especially a smaller client system. Oppose
upload. Historical use of these terms was at one time associated with
transfers from large timesharing machines to PCs or peripherals (download)
and vice-versa (upload). The modern usage relative to the speaker (rather
than as an indicator of the size and role of the machines) evolved as
machine categories lost most of their former functional importance.
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