download

down-load · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To transfer data or a file from a remote computer or server to one's own device.

  2. 2.

    The act of downloading; a file that has been or can be downloaded.

Forms

plural: downloads

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    illegal download — an unauthorized copy of copyrighted material

Related words

Antonyms: upload
See also: file, transfer, upload
Synonyms: fetch, transfer

Etymology

Compound of down + load, coined in the 1970s with the rise of computer networks.