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Download

/ˈdaʊn.loʊd/
verbnounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #850 frequency
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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To copy data from one computer system to another, typically over the internet.

    "You can download the software directly from our official website."
As noun
  1. 1

    A file or data that has been or is available to be transferred to a computer.

    "The download of the large movie file took less than two minutes."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the preposition 'down' (from Old English 'dūne') and 'load' (from Old English 'lād', meaning course or journey, later shifting to cargo). Coined in the late 20th century with the advent of computer networking to describe the transfer of data from a remote system to a local one.

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