download vt.
1. [techspeak] To transfer data or (esp.)
code from a larger `host' system (esp. a mainframe) over
a digital comm link to a smaller `client' system, esp. a
microcomputer or specialized peripheral. Oppose upload.
2. [jargon] To fetch data (especially large relatively standalone
pieces of data like files and images) over the wire from a remote
location.
However, note that ground-to-space communications has its own usage
rule for this term. Space-to-earth transmission is always `down'
and the reverse `up' regardless of the relative size of the
computers involved. So far the in-space machines have invariably
been smaller; thus the upload/download distinction has been
reversed from its usual sense.
1. [techspeak] To transfer data or (esp.)
code from a larger `host' system (esp. a mainframe) over
a digital comm link to a smaller `client' system, esp. a
microcomputer or specialized peripheral. Oppose upload.
2. [jargon] To fetch data (especially large relatively standalone
pieces of data like files and images) over the wire from a remote
location.
However, note that ground-to-space communications has its own usage
rule for this term. Space-to-earth transmission is always `down'
and the reverse `up' regardless of the relative size of the
computers involved. So far the in-space machines have invariably
been smaller; thus the upload/download distinction has been
reversed from its usual sense.
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system (esp.
a {mainframe}) over a digital comm link to a smaller... - upload /uhp'lohd/ v.
1. [techspeak] To transfer
programs or data over a digital communications link from a smaller
or peripheral `client' system to a larger or central `host'
one.
A transfer in the other direction is, of course, called... - upload: /uhp'lohd/ v. 1. [techspeak] To transfer programs or
data over a digital communications link from a smaller or
peripheral `client' system to a larger or central `host'
one.
A transfer in the other direction is, of course, called... - blast: 1. vt.,n. Synonym for {BLT}, used esp. for large data
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Opposite of {snarf}. Usage: uncommon. The variant... - boot v.,n.
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load and initialize the operating system on a machine.
This usage is no longer jargon (having passed into... - blast 1. v.,n.
Synonym for BLT, used esp. for large
data sends over a network or comm line.
Opposite of snarf. Usage: uncommon. The variant... - bug n.
An unwanted and unintended property of a program or
piece of hardware,
esp. one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym... - tourist n.
1. [ITS] A guest on the system, especially
one who generally logs in over a network from a remote location for
comm mode,
email, games, and other trivial purposes. One step... - quantifiers
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prefixes used in the SI (Système International) conventions for
scientific measurement have dual uses.
With units of time or things that come in powers...
