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upload |
3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: upload v : transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location [ant: {download}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: upload /uhp'lohd/ v. 1. [techspeak] To transfer programs or data over a digital communications link from a system near you (espercially a smaller or peripheral `client' system) to one further away from you (especially a larger or central `host' system). A transfer in the other direction is of course, called a {download} 2. [speculatively] To move the essential patterns and algorithms that make up one's mind from one's brain into a computer. Those who are convinced that such patterns and algorithms capture the complete essence of the self view this prospect with pleasant anticipation. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: upload /uhp'lohd/ To transfer programs or data over a digital communications link from a smaller or peripheral client" system to a larger or central host" one Opposite: {download}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-10-27)
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