Noun

Singular download

Plural downloads

download (plural downloads)

1. A file transfer to the local computer, especially one in progress.

   The download took longer than I expected.

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

   I got the download but it wouldn't work on my computer.

Antonyms

• upload

In networks, to download means to receive data to a local system from a remote system, or to initiate such a data transfer. Examples of a remote system might from which a download might be performed include a webserver, FTP server, email server, or other similar systems. A download can mean either any file that is offered for downloading or that has been downloaded, the process of receiving such a file.this download can also be done through ftp servers as many of the files that are on website to be downloaded are present on ftp severs. Many of the freewares are also present on internet for download but their source code cannot be modifies and are of less use. Many sites offer free download or freetrial download facilities such as ["http://www.download.com]

The inverse operation, uploading, is the sending of data from a local system to a remote system, such as a server, with the intent that the remote system should save a copy of whatever is being transfered, or the initiation of such a process. The words first came into common usage among computer users with the advent of dial-up Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs) in the 1970s.