Hi folks,
Many many happy moons ago, in the 1980's, when we started using simplistic networking systems :
The phraseology for a long time was that you DOWN-loaded files, if from your machine to others, and UP-loaded files sent or sourced from others to your machine.
It seems now that everything is DOWN-loaded, regardless of data transmission direction.
What happened to the reverse, so that you immediatly knew which way things were going ?
Do we suspect Bill Gates & his merry men, again ?
Keep it simple with "sent", or "received"
Fair play I suppose - onwards and side-ways.
Or Im I just being a bit "old-hat"?
A packet switch, for bulk transfers still needs to know, such as I fiddle with for "The Military", needs to know the flow.
They get confused if you are smimming upsteam.
Just a Sunday thought, and all yours on this gratefully up-loaded.
Bob,
Down-loading.
2007-02-11 04:34:26 · 4 answers · asked by Bob the Boat 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I can't speak for how things used to be, but as someone who recently graduated college to work in the IT field, I can say that the current definitions are:
Download: to receive something from a remote location
Upload: to transmit a local file to a remote location
2007-02-11 04:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by ~Teresa~ 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
as you know, the current upload and download generally mean the same thing.
you download from the server or host computer to he client (your computer or device),
the server or host uploads to the client computer (the system or device that is requesting the data).
as basic and as i can put it for a layman (non tech) to understand.
as for bill and his cronies who knows.
but the above ?(my answer is generally how a modern system is referenced. have you ever run an FTP server? yes then you know what i am talking about. if not then this will not make much sense to you!
I'm no expert. I run my own server from my own home. and the above is as i said an extremely simplistic overview of the upload and download process.
in the 80s I was still a school kid, and my school only had NON-Networked BBC basic computers that were so new to the school the teacher were often unsure of what they were talking about.
personally all i know of modern systems is what i have learnt through trial and error over the last 10+ years of upgrading and custom building my systems.
you are wrong, we are apparently always downloading as that is all everyone seems to talk about. for example "download a mp3 file" etc.
not many people upload files or they are often not techically knowledgable enough to know what they are doing and call it downloading when they mean uploading.
but i could be wrong! if i am someone tell me! my email inbox is always open!
good luck and a good point raised by an old hand from networkings early days.
2007-02-11 04:53:45 · answer #2 · answered by thebestnamesarealreadytaken0909 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Co-incidentally, I was considering this question this morning. It used to be that we were high UP, drawing stuff up from down there. Perhaps it was the term "cyberspace" with its celestial implications, which has put us firmly on the ground.
No, you're not being old hat - it's interesting how and why these things change. I'd be happy to join you in blaming Bill Gates (I worship in the House of Mac) but I don't think he's to blame for this one.
2007-02-11 04:51:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be perfectly honest Bob, may I suggest that it is
you who has the comprehension of the terminology
slightly cross-wired, i.e. maybe you are misreading
the likes of download onto, upload from?
TTBOMK ...
..an up-load has always been to send data somewhere,
or to someone, and a down-load has always been to
receive from somewhere, or someone. The difference
being merely one of the view (/send/receive) point!
I stand to be corrected .. anyone?
ChipZ ( uploading >>>> ) o)
PS Good to see someone utilizing old technology.
Something I do all the time.
2007-02-11 04:53:24 · answer #4 · answered by Chipz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋