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To download is defined as to transfer files or a program from one computer to another computer.
(verb)An example of to download is to get the latest version of the Mozilla program installed onto a personal computer.
The definition of a download is the act of transferring files or a program from one computer to another computer, or something transferred to a computer.
(noun)- An example of a download is the act of loading files from your friend's computer to your computer.
- An example of a download is a new version of Internet Explorer transferred to a personal computer.
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See download in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to load or transfer (a file or program) from a central computer, bulletin board, etc. to a terminal, personal computer, etc.
See download in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb down·load·ed, down·load·ing, down·loads
- To unload: download cargo from a transport aircraft.
- Computer Science To transfer (data or programs) from a server or host computer to one's own computer or device.
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